Blastomycosis Misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis, India

Kumar, Anil; Kunoor, Akhilesh; Eapen, Malini; Singh, Pradeep Kumar; Chowdhary, Anuradha

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Blastomycosis Misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis, India

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September 2019
By Kumar, Anil ; Kunoor, Akhilesh ; Eapen, Malini ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Kumar, Anil ; Kunoor, Akhilesh ; Eapen, Malini ; Singh, Pradeep Kumar ; Chowdhary, Anuradha
Description:

Chronic pulmonary blastomycosis is often misdiagnosed and treated as tuberculosis in disease-endemic and non-disease-endemic areas. We report the case of a 32-year-old man who after visiting Chicago, Illinois, USA, returned to India and received treatment for tuberculosis for 12 months before receiving the correct diagnosis of blastomycosis.
Subjects:

Adult Antifungal Agents Blastomyces Blastomycosis Chicago Diagnosis, Differential Diagnostic Errors Humans Lung Diseases, Fungal Male Travel Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 25(9):1776-1777
Pubmed ID:

31441756
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6711241
Document Type:

Journal Article
Genre:

Letter
Place as Subject:

India
Volume:

25
Issue:

9
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:ad0c63e90e85e7afe11651b774ff9ca126ddf18bab7a4c0e8a8340483c4a63ef
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