Disseminated blastomycosis treated with ketoconazole.
A patient with disseminated blastomycosis gave birth to an infant who died three weeks later of diffuse pulmonary blastomycosis. The infant most likely acquired the disease through intrauterine transmission. The patient's extensive skin lesions responded dramatically to ketoconazole.
D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000635:transmission; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy*
D007654:Ketoconazole