Disseminated blastomycosis
Blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis, a dimorphic fungus endemic in the soils of the Ohio and Mississippi River Vallys, Great Lakes region, and southeastern United States. It most commonly manifests as a pulmonary infection following inhalation of spores, which caus...
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| description | Blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis, a dimorphic fungus endemic in the soils of the Ohio and Mississippi River Vallys, Great Lakes region, and southeastern United States. It most commonly manifests as a pulmonary infection following inhalation of spores, which causes a broad array of clinical manifestations ranging from asymptomatic infection to fulminant sepsis with acute respiratory distress syndrome and death. Extrapulmonary disease occurs in approximately 25–30% of patients following hematogenous spread from the lungs, with skin being the most common site of exytrapulmonary disease. Here we present a case of disseminated blastomycosis in a healthy 48 year old female. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-086fff58da4b4d74a0e7fb53e69171312022-12-21T22:55:07ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092020-01-0121e00786Disseminated blastomycosisSamaher Hashim0Christopher Barrios1Corresponding author.; University of Tabouk, Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi ArabiaUniversity of Tabouk, Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi ArabiaBlastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis, a dimorphic fungus endemic in the soils of the Ohio and Mississippi River Vallys, Great Lakes region, and southeastern United States. It most commonly manifests as a pulmonary infection following inhalation of spores, which causes a broad array of clinical manifestations ranging from asymptomatic infection to fulminant sepsis with acute respiratory distress syndrome and death. Extrapulmonary disease occurs in approximately 25–30% of patients following hematogenous spread from the lungs, with skin being the most common site of exytrapulmonary disease. Here we present a case of disseminated blastomycosis in a healthy 48 year old female.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920300949BlastomycosisVerrucous skin lesionsBroad-based budding yeastItraconazole |
| spellingShingle | Samaher Hashim Christopher Barrios Disseminated blastomycosis IDCases Blastomycosis Verrucous skin lesions Broad-based budding yeast Itraconazole |
| title | Disseminated blastomycosis |
| title_full | Disseminated blastomycosis |
| title_fullStr | Disseminated blastomycosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disseminated blastomycosis |
| title_short | Disseminated blastomycosis |
| title_sort | disseminated blastomycosis |
| topic | Blastomycosis Verrucous skin lesions Broad-based budding yeast Itraconazole |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250920300949 |
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