Blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis

History

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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

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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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