Blastomycosis Misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis, India

Chronic pulmonary blastomycosis is often misdiagnosed and treated as tuberculosis in disease-endemic and non-disease-endemic areas. We report the case of a 32-year-old man who after visiting Chicago, Illinois, USA, returned to India and received treatment for tuberculosis for 12 months before receiv...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2019-09, Vol.25 (9), p.1776-1777
Hauptverfasser:	Kumar, Anil, Kunoor, Akhilesh, Eapen, Malini, Singh, Pradeep Kumar, Chowdhary, Anuradha
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Anidulafungin Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use Blastomyces - isolation & purification Blastomyces dermatitidis Blastomycosis Blastomycosis - diagnosis Blastomycosis - drug therapy Blastomycosis - microbiology Blastomycosis Misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis, India Caspofungin Chicago Diagnosis Diagnosis, Differential Diagnostic Errors Fungi granuloma Humans India Lung diseases Lung Diseases, Fungal - diagnosis Lung Diseases, Fungal - drug therapy Lung Diseases, Fungal - microbiology Male Methenamine Micafungin Pneumonia Research Letter Travel Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis
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Zusammenfassung:	Chronic pulmonary blastomycosis is often misdiagnosed and treated as tuberculosis in disease-endemic and non-disease-endemic areas. We report the case of a 32-year-old man who after visiting Chicago, Illinois, USA, returned to India and received treatment for tuberculosis for 12 months before receiving the correct diagnosis of blastomycosis.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2509.190587