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ArticleJournal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2020

A case of disseminated blastomycosis with pulmonary, genitourinary, and osteoarticular involvement in southern Saskatchewan.

Karen Bennie Ho, Maxwell Ng, Kelsey Tallon

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Article in Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Karen Bennie HoDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Maxwell NgFaculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Kelsey TallonDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
University of Saskatchewan · CAMcMaster University · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although southern Saskatchewan is not known to be a region endemic to blastomycosis, we present a case of disseminated blastomycosis in a 39-year-old man with pulmonary, genitourinary, and osteoarticular involvement. The patient presented with persistent fevers despite recent antibiotic therapy, arthritis in his left foot, and urinary obstruction. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest revealed a diffuse miliary pattern. A transbronchial biopsy only showed granulomatous changes, and washings were negative for fungal culture. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the left foot revealed signs of septic arthritis. Pathology from the joint aspiration and debridement revealed budding yeast in keeping with blastomycosis. Urine culture also grew blastomycosis, confirming urinary involvement. He was initiated on itraconazole, with complete resolution of his symptoms within 2 weeks. This case illustrates the challenges in diagnosing disseminated blastomycosis, and further establishes the endemicity of blastomycosis in southern Saskatchewan.

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Blastomycesblastomycosisfungal infectionSaskatchewan

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PMID36339010
PMCPMC9603311
OpenAlexW2996762998

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