Disseminated blastomycosis

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2003 Jan;48(1):123-7. doi: 10.1067/mjd.2003.64.

Abstract

A 26-year-old veiled Saudi-Arabian woman presented with hemoptysis, and multiple nodules and abscesses. A skin biopsy specimen revealed yeast forms consistent with Blastomyces dermatitidis. Fungal cultures from bronchoscopy and skin specimens also grew B dermatitidis. She was treated with oral itraconazole (200 mg twice a day). Both lung and skin lesions showed improvement within 6 weeks.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blastomycosis / diagnosis*
  • Blastomycosis / drug therapy
  • Blastomycosis / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Itraconazole / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Itraconazole