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ArticleOxford medical case reports2020

Unusual presentation of pulmonary blastomycosis complicated by amphotericin-induced refractory electrolyte abnormalities.

Pool Tobar, Alejandro Sanchez-Nadales, Elena Caldeira, Peguy Saad

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Article in Oxford medical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Blastomycosis-Some Progress but Still Much to Learn.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pool TobarDepartment of Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2514-5946
Alejandro Sanchez-NadalesDepartment of Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.
Elena CaldeiraDepartment of Medicine, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.
Peguy SaadDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blastomyces dermatitidis is an endemic mold infection commonly seen in the midwestern of the USA and rarely affects pregnant women. The most common presentation is a pulmonary infection with variable degrees of severity. Of note, the clinical and radiographic findings of pulmonary blastomycosis can be mistaken for other pulmonary pathologies, thus earning the title of 'the great pretender'. The treatment of choice of infected pregnant patients is amphotericin B, which is known to produce electrolyte imbalances. However, it infrequently causes severe, prolonged and profound hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia. We present the case of a 27-year-old pregnant patient with pulmonary blastomycosis presenting with a lung mass suspicious of malignancy and treated with amphotericin B with subsequent prolonged refractory hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia. Keywords pulmonary blastomycosis pregnancy biopsy computed tomography angiography liposomal amphotericin B.

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PMID33269079
PMCPMC7685023
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