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Descriptor English: Blastomycosis
Descriptor Spanish: Blastomicosis
Descriptor blastomicosis
Entry term(s) blastomicosis norteamericana
infección por Blastomices dermatitidis
Scope note: Infección micótica que puede adoptar dos formas: una lesión primaria caracterizada por la formación de pequeños nódulos cutáneos y pequeños nódulos a lo largo de los linfáticos que puede curar en varios meses; y lesiones granulomatosas crónicas caracterizadas por costras gruesas, crecimiento de verrugas y una vascularidad insusual e infección en el lóbulo medio o superior del pulmón.
Descriptor Portuguese: Blastomicose
Descriptor French: Blastomycose
Entry term(s): Blastomycoses
Blastomycosis, North American
Gilchrist Disease
Gilchrist's Disease
Gilchrists Disease
North American Blastomycosis
Tree number(s): C01.150.703.302.055
C01.150.703.534.350
C01.748.435.395
C01.800.200.055
C08.381.472.350
C08.730.435.395
C17.800.838.208.055
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001759
Scope note: A fungal infection that may appear in two forms: 1, a primary lesion characterized by the formation of a small cutaneous nodule and small nodules along the lymphatics that may heal within several months; and 2, chronic granulomatous lesions characterized by thick crusts, warty growths, and unusual vascularity and infection in the middle or upper lobes of the lung.
Annotation: fungus dis; do not confuse entry term BLASTOMYCOSIS, NORTH AMERICAN with BLASTOMYCOSIS, SOUTH AMERICAN see PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 1783
Unique ID: D001759
NLM Classification: WC 450
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
Blastomycosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0002647
Scope note A fungal infection that may appear in two forms: 1, a primary lesion characterized by the formation of a small cutaneous nodule and small nodules along the lymphatics that may heal within several months; and 2, chronic granulomatous lesions characterized by thick crusts, warty growths, and unusual vascularity and infection in the middle or upper lobes of the lung.
Preferred term Blastomycosis
Entry term(s) Blastomycoses
Blastomycosis, North American - Narrower
Concept UI M0002648
Preferred term Blastomycosis, North American
Entry term(s) Gilchrist Disease
Gilchrist's Disease
Gilchrists Disease
North American Blastomycosis



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