Disseminated Blastomyces dermatitidis infection in a non-endemic area. A case report.
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.
D000328:Adult; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis