blastomycin
blas·to·my·cin
(blas'tō-mī'sin), An antigen for intradermal testing prepared from sterile filtrates of cultures of the filamentous form of Blastomyces dermatitidis.
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blastomycin
A sterile broth filtrate of cultures of Blastomyces dermatitidis, once used for intradermal testing. No reagent is currently available for skin testing of patients with suspected blastomycosis.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
blas·to·my·cin
(blas'tō-mī'sin) An antigen for intradermal testing prepared from sterile filtrates of cultures of the filamentous form of Blastomyces dermatitidis.
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References in periodicals archive
Because of poor sensitivity and specificity, the skin test antigen
blastomycin is not available, and serologic tests also show poor specificity (14).
Apparent diminution of the
blastomycin skin test: Follow-up of an epidemic of blastomycosis.
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