Blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis, which is a dimorphic fungus that grows as a filamentous mold in the environment and as budding yeast in human tissue. Blastomycosis is primarily a pulmonary infection, but dissemination occurs frequently and leads to the involvement of skin, bones and joints, the genitourinary tract, and other areas.
Category
Fungal infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Mycoses
1F22 Blastomycosis
H01501 Blastomycosis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Fungal infections (mycosis)
Infections caused by ascomycetes
H01501 Blastomycosis