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S. HANFORD McKEE, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1930;3(3):301-305.

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Blastomycosis or blastomycetic dermatitis is a chronic disease of the skin caused by a fungus. It is of especial interest to ophthalmologists because of the frequent involvement of the eyelids in the pathologic process. It is found chiefly among laboring people, a larger proportion of cases being found in males than in females. The age incidence varies from infancy to old age. Beginning as a papule or nodule which frequently breaks down, there is formed a characteristic indolent wartlike lesion, which later presents a raised papillomatous appearance. The general health of the patient is not, as a rule, disturbed.

The condition was first described by Gilchrist,¹ in 1894, and the name "blastomycetic dermatitis," which he applied, has been used by all subsequent writers. Six months later, Busse published an account of a case of pyemia caused by a pathogenic yeast. Busche reported the same case with especial reference . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
MONTREAL, CANADA

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Jan. 21, 1930.

Read before the International Congress of Ophthalmology Amsterdam, Sept. 11, 1929.

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