Sreekumari Rajeev, Porsha Reed, Alejandro Llanes, Rebekah Jones, Andrew Cushing, Linden E Craig, Brian Johnson
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Blastomycosis is a serious fungal disease affecting humans and animals. It is typically caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus, Blastomyces dermatitidis. In this report, we describe an infection caused by the cryptic fungal species, Blastomyces gilchristii, in a tiger (Panthera tigris).