Occurrence of Blastomyces dermatitidis in Israel. First autochthonous Middle Eastern case.
A nodule from the infrapatellar region of the left knee of a patient in Israel was found by fluorescent antibody staining to contain the tissue form cells of Blastomyces dermatitidis. The diagnosis was confirmed by culture and other mycological studies when a second lesion appeared below the right knee. This represents the first autochthonous case of blastomycosis from Israel and the Middle East.
D000368:Aged; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007717:Knee / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*