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fungus, north american blastomycosis, gilchrist's disease, blastomycosis, rare fungal infection, inhaling a fungus, blastomyces dermatitidis, is found in wood, soil, blastomycosis occurs most often in people living, in the south-central, midwestern us, canada, exposure to soil, key risk factor, affects people, compromised immune systems, hiv, organ transplant recipients, men, more likely to be affected than women, lung infection, produce no symptoms, the infection is widespread, skin lesions, bone lesions, appear, urogenital system, bladder, kidney, prostate, testes, incidence of blastomycosis is 1-2 out of every 100, 000 people in geographic areas where blastomycosis occurs most frequently, less common outside those areas, cough, sputum brown, bloody, shortness of breath, sweating, fever, fatigue, general discomfort, uneasiness, ill-feeling, malaise, unintentional weight loss, joint stiffness, joint pain, muscular stiffness, pain, rash, skin lesions, chest pain, history of residence in relevant geographical area, chest x-ray, nodules, pneumonia, cavities, tissue biopsy, skin biopsy, sputum culture, special stains, though not all blastomycosis infection, in the lungs, antibiotics, disease has spread outside, the lungs, become severe, in the lungs, amphotericin b, itraconazole, antifungal agents, periodic follow-up is recommended to detect any recurrence, patients, limited skin lesions, relatively mild lung involvement, recover completely, untreated, severe disease is progressive, lead to death, large abscesses, relapse, disease recurrence, unpleasant side effects to drugs amphotericin b, symptoms suggesting blastomycosis occur, avoiding travel to areas, prevent exposure, not practical, other prevention, disorder is rare except in people who, immunosuppressed.