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

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

A fungal infection that may appear in two forms: 1) a primary lesion characterized by the formation of a small cutaneous nodule and small nodules along the lymphatics that may heal within several months; and 2) chronic granulomatous lesions characterized by thick crusts, warty growths, and unusual vascularity and infection in the middle or upper lobes of the lung.

A specific infectious disease of the skin, caused by a yeast fungus. It is characterized by the formation of elevated warty suppurating lesions, with abruptly sloping, purplish red bodies, which are studded with pin-point sized, deep-seated epidermal abscesses, from the pus of which pure cultures of the organism may usually be obtained. [Gr.]