Case 233: Blastomycosis

Spinal blastomycosis--case report.

late-onset cases, has yet to be clarified.' 2 Olanow et al.3 reported excellent results with thymectomy in 12 patients with late-onset myasthenia gravis. One of these had a thymolipoma. This tumour has, to our knowledge, only been reported in the world literature as a cause for myasthenia gravis in two other cases.4 ' We therefore present the fourth case in this paper. In May 1980 a 61-year-old...

A Case of Generalised Blastomycosis

Cutaneous blastomycosis in New Brunswick: case report.

Blastomycosis is a fungal infection of immunocompetent hosts. We present a case of cutaneous blastomycosis acquired in New Brunswick, which provides evidence that this disease is endemic in Atlantic Canada. This case also demonstrates that the diagnosis of blastomycosis may be elusive. Perseverance, a high index of clinical suspicion and close cooperation with the microbiology laboratory may be...

Case Report Pulmonary Blastomycosis Diagnosed in Hawai’i

Blastomycosis, a fungal infection caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis, was once thought to be endemic only to the Central and Great Lakes regions of the United States of America. We present the first reported case series of patients documenting the diagnosis of blastomycosis in the Pacific region. In both cases, exposure to endemic areas was retrospectively identified. ness of symptoms during cl...

Blastomycosis.

Blastomycosis is an endemic fungal infection due to Blastomyces dermatitidis that most commonly causes pneumonia; but the organism can disseminate to any organ system, most commonly the skin, bones/joints, and genitourinary tract. Both immunocompetent and immunocompromised persons can be infected, but more severe disease occurs in the immunocompromised. Blastomycosis can be diagnosed by culture...