Disseminated blastomycosis

Disseminated blastomycosis

A 26-year-old veiled Saudi-Arabian woman presented with hemoptysis, and multiple nodules and abscesses. A skin biopsy specimen revealed yeast forms consistent with Blastomyces dermatitidis. Fungal cultures from bronchoscopy and skin specimens also grew B dermatitidis. She was treated with oral itrac...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2003-01, Vol.48 (1), p.123-127
Hauptverfasser: Assaly, Ragheb A., Hammersley, Jeffrey R., Olson, Dan E., Farrouk, Azmi, Zaher, Aiman, Amurao, Guillermo V., Shelley, Walter B., Shelley, E.Dorinda, Amurao, Cristine V.
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Sprache:eng
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Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Blastomycoses and paracoccidioidomycosis
Blastomycosis - diagnosis
Blastomycosis - drug therapy
Blastomycosis - pathology
Female
Human mycoses
Humans
Infectious diseases
Itraconazole - therapeutic use
Medical sciences
Mycoses
Tropical medicine
Tropical mycoses
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Zusammenfassung:A 26-year-old veiled Saudi-Arabian woman presented with hemoptysis, and multiple nodules and abscesses. A skin biopsy specimen revealed yeast forms consistent with Blastomyces dermatitidis. Fungal cultures from bronchoscopy and skin specimens also grew B dermatitidis. She was treated with oral itraconazole (200 mg twice a day). Both lung and skin lesions showed improvement within 6 weeks. (J Am Acad Dermatol 2003;48:123-7.)
ISSN:0190-9622
1097-6787
DOI:10.1067/mjd.2003.64