An imported case of Blastomyces dermatitidis infection in Mexico.
Blastomycosis is an acute or chronic primary infection of the respiratory system, endemic in North America (United States of America and Canada), Africa and Asia. We report a case in Mexico, in a three years old child who had been born in California and lived in Chicago, U.S.A. The patient presented pulmonary symptoms prior to development of a skin ulcer. Blastomyces dermatitidis was identified by mycological and molecular procedures. The patient was successfully treated with amphotericin B, oral ketoconazole and itraconazole.
Velázquez
Roberto
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Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Secretaría de Salud, México, D. F.
Muñoz-Hernández
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Arenas
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Taylor
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Hernández-Hernández
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Manjarrez
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López-Martínez
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D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001758:Blastomyces / Q000254:growth & development*; D001759:Blastomycosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002641:Chicago / Q000208:ethnology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*
D000935:Antifungal Agents