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ArticleJournal of Brown hospital medicine2025

From Syphilis to Surprise: Unmasking Disseminated Blastomycosis in a 20-Year-Old Male.

Hanna Meek, Jessica Wahlgren, Rakin Solaiman, Michael Stewart, Aaron Kahn, Cody Howdeshell

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Article in Journal of Brown hospital medicine, 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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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Hanna MeekDepartment of Internal Medicine Spokane Teaching Health Center.
Jessica WahlgrenDepartment of Internal Medicine Spokane Teaching Health Center.
Rakin SolaimanDepartment of Internal Medicine Spokane Teaching Health Center.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2549-3203
Michael StewartSpokane Teaching Health Center.
Aaron KahnDepartment of Internal Medicine Spokane Teaching Health Center.
Cody HowdeshellDepartment of Internal Medicine Spokane Teaching Health Center.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blastomycosis is a systemic endemic fungal infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis, a dimorphic fungus, that predominantly affects the lungs but can disseminate to other organs, mimicking many diseases, making diagnosis challenging. We present a case of disseminated blastomycosis in a male, initially misdiagnosed as syphilis due to a false positive biopsy result for Treponema pallidum. This case highlights the importance of considering atypical presentations of fungal infections, even in the presence of laboratory findings and outside of the normal geographic regions they may be found.

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atypical presentationblastomycosisendemic fungalfalse positivehospital medicinemimickerysyphilis

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PMID40191709
PMCPMC11966770

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