Blastomycosis historical perspective: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Aditya Ganti (talk | contribs) |
Aditya Ganti (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
==Historical perspective== | ==Historical perspective== | ||
*Blastomycosis was discovered by a French botanist/biologist named Philippe Edouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1876. | *Blastomycosis was discovered by a French botanist/biologist named Philippe Edouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1876. | ||
*Blastomycosis was first described by Thomas Casper Gilchrist in 1894, who initially thought it to be a dermatological disease and hence named it B.dermatidis and sometimes goes by the eponym ''Gilchrist's disease'' | *Blastomycosis was first described by Thomas Casper Gilchrist in 1894, who initially thought it to be a dermatological disease and hence named it B.dermatidis and sometimes goes by the eponym ''Gilchrist's disease''<ref>{{cite journal|title=BLASTOMYCETIC DERMATITIS.|journal=Journal of the American Medical Association|volume=XXXI|issue=8|year=1898|pages=417|issn=0002-9955|doi=10.1001/jama.1898.02450080043004}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 13:20, 6 March 2017
|
Blastomycosis Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Blastomycosis historical perspective On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Blastomycosis historical perspective |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Blastomycosis historical perspective |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: ; Vidit Bhargava, M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Blatomycosis is a fungal infection, which was first discovered by Philippe Edouard Léon Van Tieghem, a french biologist in 1876. Later in 1894 it was first described in detail by Thomas Casper Gilchrist and sometimes goes by the eponym Gilchrist's disease. It is also sometimes referred to as Chicago Disease.[1]
Historical perspective
- Blastomycosis was discovered by a French botanist/biologist named Philippe Edouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1876.
- Blastomycosis was first described by Thomas Casper Gilchrist in 1894, who initially thought it to be a dermatological disease and hence named it B.dermatidis and sometimes goes by the eponym Gilchrist's disease[2]
References
- ↑ "BLASTOMYCETIC DERMATITIS". Journal of the American Medical Association. XXXI (8): 417. 1898. doi:10.1001/jama.1898.02450080043004. ISSN 0002-9955.
- ↑ "BLASTOMYCETIC DERMATITIS". Journal of the American Medical Association. XXXI (8): 417. 1898. doi:10.1001/jama.1898.02450080043004. ISSN 0002-9955.