loading...| Preferred Name |
Blastomycosis |
| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C34428 |
| ALT_DEFINITION |
A fungal infection that is usually caused by inhalation of spores of Blastomyces dermatitidis; it most commonly presents with fever, chills, cough, pleuritic chest pain, and myalgias. The infection can disseminate to other anatomic sites, including skin, nervous system, and bones. |
| code |
C34428 |
| Concept_In_Subset | |
| Contributing_Source |
NICHD |
| DEFINITION |
A fungal infection caused by inhalation of spores of Blastomyces dermatitidis. It presents with flu-like symptoms including fever, chills, cough, pleuritic chest pain and myalgias. It may lead to a chronic granulomatous pulmonary infection and disseminate to other anatomic sites including skin, nervous system and bones. |
| FULL_SYN |
Blastomycosis |
| label |
Blastomycosis |
| Legacy Concept Name |
Blastomycosis |
| Preferred_Name |
Blastomycosis |
| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C34428 |
| prefLabel |
Blastomycosis |
| Semantic_Type |
Disease or Syndrome |
| UMLS_CUI |
C0005716 |
| subClassOf |