Disseminated blastomycosis.
A 26-year-old veiled Saudi-Arabian woman presented with hemoptysis, and multiple nodules and abscesses. A skin biopsy specimen revealed yeast forms consistent with Blastomyces dermatitidis. Fungal cultures from bronchoscopy and skin specimens also grew B dermatitidis. She was treated with oral itraconazole (200 mg twice a day). Both lung and skin lesions showed improvement within 6 weeks.
Assaly
Ragheb A
RA
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care, Medical College of Ohio, Ruppert Health Center, Toledo 43614-5809, USA.
Hammersley
Jeffrey R
JR
Olson
Dan E
DE
Farrouk
Azmi
A
Zaher
Aiman
A
Amurao
Guillermo V
GV
Shelley
Walter B
WB
Shelley
E Dorinda
ED
Amurao
Cristine V
CV
D000328:Adult; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use
D017964:Itraconazole