title: An adolescent with both Wegener's Granulomatosis and chronic blastomycosis.
abstract: We report a case of Wegener's Granulomatosis (WG) associated with blastomycosis. This appears to be the first case report of WG co-existing with a tissue proven blastomycosis infection. The temporal correlation of the two conditions suggests that blastomycosis infection (and therefore possibly other fungal infections), may trigger the systemic granulomatous vasculitis in a predisposed individual; a provocative supposition warranting further study.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child health, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman. reemabd@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Reem
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abdwani
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Houghton
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dobson
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O' Sullivan
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Malleson