Nervous System- Infection & Inflammation I
Question No. 13. The Answer is: (B) 1 and 3 are true.
1. The lung is affected in over 95% of the cases.
3. It is a typical dimorphic organism; they are found in the mycelial form at room temperature and as a yeast in living tissue.
Discussion: Blastomycosis is endemic in the southeastern regions of the United States. The lung is most commonly involved and the CNS infections is usually a spread from the lung. The organism, Blastomyces dermatidis, is found in soil and decayed wood that would affect agricultural workers.