Blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis
History
It was first described by Thomas Casper Gilchrist
in 1894 and sometimes goes by the eponym Gilchrist's disease [http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3327.html. It is also sometimes referred to as Chicago Disease.
Epidemiology
In the
U.S.:
- Most cases of blastomycosis occur in the United States. It is endemic in the Mississippi river and Ohio river basins and around the Great Lakes. The annual incidence is less than 1 case per 100,000 people in Mississippi,Louisiana, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Wisconsin.
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