Disseminated Blastomyces dermatitidis infection in a non-endemic area. A case report
Berkowitz, I.; Diamond, T.H.
South African Medical Journal 71(11): 717-719
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 3589869 Document Number: 292944
In areas where tuberculosis is endemic other causes of respiratory infection are often overlooked. A pulmonary infiltrate associated with skin lesions without a microbiological diagnosis of tuberculosis should arouse suspicion of a fungal infection. This was demonstrated in a patient in whom Blastomyces dermatitidis, a rare pathogen in southern Africa, was isolated.
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