A case of blastomycosis from Zaria, Nigeria

A case of blastomycosis from Zaria, Nigeria

A case of blastomycosis from Zaria, Nigeria is reported. The clinical features were indistinguishable from those of tuberculosis which is very common in this environment. Lack of response to anti-tuberculosis therapy within eight weeks prompted the search for other organisms which resulted in the is...

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Veröffentlicht in:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1984, Vol.78 (5), p.577-580
Hauptverfasser: Anjorin, F.I., Kazmi, R., Malu, A.O., Lawande, R.V., Fakunle, Y.M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Amphotericin B - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Blastomyces - isolation & purification
Blastomycoses and paracoccidioidomycosis
Blastomycosis - diagnosis
Blastomycosis - drug therapy
Blastomycosis - microbiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Human mycoses
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Mycoses
Mycoses of the respiratory system
Pleural Effusion - microbiology
Pneumology
Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases
Sputum - microbiology
Tropical medicine
Tropical mycoses
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis
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Zusammenfassung:A case of blastomycosis from Zaria, Nigeria is reported. The clinical features were indistinguishable from those of tuberculosis which is very common in this environment. Lack of response to anti-tuberculosis therapy within eight weeks prompted the search for other organisms which resulted in the isolation of Blastomyces dermatitidis. Compatible histological evidence was obtained. Subsequent favourable response to amphotericin B was evident. Infection with this organism should be included in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary and pleural lesions simulating tuberculosis in West Africa.
ISSN:0035-9203
1878-3503
DOI:10.1016/0035-9203(84)90209-8