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Blasto-ing through the chest wall: Empyema necessitans due to pulmonary blastomycosis.

Cameron G Gmehlin, Nicholas P Bergeron, Vaishnavi Ramesh, Haris Akhtar, Zelalem Temesgen

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Article in IDCases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Cameron G GmehlinDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Nicholas P BergeronDepartment of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Vaishnavi RameshDivision of Public Health, Infectious Diseases, and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Haris AkhtarDivision of Public Health, Infectious Diseases, and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Zelalem TemesgenDivision of Public Health, Infectious Diseases, and Occupational Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Empyema necessitans is a rare complication of empyema and often associated with chronic, untreated infections. Here we report a case of a 28-year-old male who presented with cough, fever, pleuritic chest pain, and left chest wall mass who was found to have empyema necessitans caused by

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BlastomycesBlastomycosisEmpyema NecessitansFungalPulmonary

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PMID40035057
PMCPMC11872627

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