Recent clinical data suggest that fluconazole at daily doses of 200 to 400 mg for at least 6 months is moderately effective therapy for non-life-threatening blastomycosis. To examine the usefulness of ...

The CDC Friday changed its guidance, suggesting people should stay home when sick with any respiratory virus but no long recommended a 5-day isolation period for COVID-19. A rare fungal infection ...

The Infectious Diseases Society of America recently updated its clinical practice guidelines for the treatment and management of patients with blastomycosis. The guidelines were updated because ...

Nearly 100 people have likely contracted blastomycosis in an outbreak at the Billerud Paper Mill in Escanaba, Michigan, according to numerous reports and a press release from Public Health Delta & ...

DETROIT – A contracted employee to a paper mill in Michigan has died from blastomycosis, the fungal infection whose rare outbreak has affected nearly 100 employees at the mill, local health officials ...

Blastomycosis is a systemic fungal infection primarily caused by thermally dimorphic fungi in the genus Blastomyces. Typically acquired through inhalation of airborne spores, the disease initially ...

(CNN) - Ninety-three confirmed or probable cases of blastomycosis have been identified in Michigan's Delta and Menominee counties, according to the local health department, and they are believed to be ...

More than 90 employees at an Upper Peninsula paper mill in Michigan are believed infected with a fungus found in soil and decaying wood, with about a dozen requiring hospitalization. Investigation of ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Blastomycosis Market by Drug Type, Distribution Channel, Formulation, and Geography: Forecast up to 2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This ...

P. J. Morris, A. M. Legendre, T. L. Bowersock, D. E. Brooks, D. J. Krahwinkel, G. M. H. Shires and M. A. Walker Systemic blastomycosis was diagnosed in a 5-yr-old ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A local veterinarian is ...