Blastomycosis

Dermatol Clin. 1989 Apr;7(2):241-50.

Abstract

Blastomycosis is an uncommon, sometimes self-healing, sometimes fatal, infectious disease caused by the fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis. Although amphotericin B is still considered the drug of choice, ketoconazole and several other imidazole drugs--miconazole, itraconazole, econazole--have shown promise in the treatment of blastomycosis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Blastomyces / isolation & purification
  • Blastomycosis* / complications
  • Blastomycosis* / drug therapy
  • Blastomycosis* / epidemiology
  • Blastomycosis* / microbiology
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ketoconazole / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Rural Health
  • Sex Factors
  • Time Factors
  • United States

Substances

  • Amphotericin B
  • Ketoconazole