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Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021
CME ACTIVITY - Synopsis

Blastomycosis Surveillance in 5 States, United States, 1987–2018

Kaitlin BenedictComments to Author , Suzanne Gibbons-Burgener, Anna Kocharian, Malia Ireland, Laura Rothfeldt, Natalie Christophe, Kimberly Signs, and Brendan R. Jackson
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (K. Benedict, B.R. Jackson); Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (S. Gibbons-Burgener, A. Kocharian); Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (M. Ireland); Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA (L. Rothfeldt); Louisiana Department of Health, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA (N. Christophe); Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, Michigan, USA (K. Signs)

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Table 2

Positive laboratory tests among 1,241 blastomycosis cases reported to public health, Arkansas, Michigan, and Minnesota, United States, 1995–2018

Test type No. (%)
Antibody 59 (4.8)
Immunodiffusion 18 (1.5)
Complement fixation 7 (0.6)
Enzyme immunoassay 30 (2.4)
Unspecified antibody test
 17 (1.4)
Antigen
 206 (16.6)
Confirmatory test 965 (77.8)
Culture 835 (67.3)
Microscopy* 333 (26.8)
DNA probe 40 (3.2)
PCR 2 (0.2)
Unspecified test type
 166 (13.4)
Specimen type
Culture 769 (100)
Bronchial specimen 372 (48.4)
Sputum 180 (23.4)
Other tissue besides lung 121 (15.7)
Lung tissue 21 (2.7)
Multiple specimen types 14 (1.8)
Other 61 (7.9)
Microscopy 342 (100)
Bronchoalveolar lavage 110 (32.2)
Sputum 78 (22.8)
Other tissue besides lung 52 (15.2)
Lung tissue 47 (13.7)
Multiple specimen types 24 (7.0)
Other 31 (9.1)

*Includes smear, histopathology, and unspecified microscopy tests.

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