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.
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IDCases
December 2024
University of Vermont, Department of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Burlington, VT, United States.
infections are classified as dimorphic fungal infections commonly seen geographically throughout the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys, St. Laurence Seaways, as well as the Canadian providences of Ontario Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Although primarily endemic in the Midwestern United States, there has been a rise in cases throughout New England.
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Department of Pathology, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, USA.
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Department of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi.
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, F4005 University Hospital South, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address:
Blastomycosis is caused primarily by Blastomyces dermatitidis. The fungus is a mold in the environment, causing infection when conidia are dispersed and inhaled. In the lungs, the organism transforms into the yeast phase.
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February 2025
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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