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===Blastomycosis===

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===[[Blastomycosis]]===

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*Caused by [[Yeast-like fungi|''Blastomyces dermatitidis'']]

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*Occurs mainly in the Americas, Middle East and Africa, occasionally in Europe

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*Mainly in young dogs, occasionally other species

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*Can involve almost any tissue after spread from lungs

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*Gross lesions:

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**[[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Granulomatous pneumonia|Granulomatous pneumonia]]

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*Microscopic lesions:

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**Yeast fungi with thich walls in nodules with macrophages, [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]] and giant cells

===Histoplasmosis===

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