a disease caused by the fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis; may infect lungs, skin, mucous membranes, bones, internal organs, and joints.

any of several infections of the skin or mucous membrane caused by Blastomyces

An infectious disease caused by a fungus, usually in the lungs. It can spread to the skin, bone or other tissues.

Infection with a fungus called Blastomyces dermatitidis. The infection causes symptoms in about 50% of cases. It usually presents as a flu-like illness with fever, chills, productive cough, myalgia , arthralgia and pleuritic chest pain. Some patients fail to recover and develop chronic pulmonary infection or widespread disseminated infection (affecting the skin, bones, and genitourinary tract). It occasionally affects the meninges which cover the brain and spinal cord. See the entire definition of Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by the organism Blastomyces dermatitidis.