title: Disseminated blastomycosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care, Medical College of Ohio, Ruppert Health Center, Toledo 43614-5809, USA.
authors.forename: Ragheb A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Assaly
authors.forename: Jeffrey R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hammersley
authors.forename: Dan E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: Azmi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farrouk
authors.forename: Aiman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaher
authors.forename: Guillermo V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Amurao
authors.forename: Walter B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Shelley
authors.forename: E Dorinda
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Shelley
authors.forename: Cristine V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Amurao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D017964:Itraconazole