blastomycosis/fatigue

OBJECTIVE Pulmonary disease is the most common manifestation of the systemic fungal infection, blastomycosis. This study examines symptoms of pulmonary blastomycosis and possible age and gender differences in a 22-year case series. METHODS Laboratory-confirmed cases of blastomycosis were identified

Blastomycosis is a fungal disease endemic to the midwestern and southeastern United States. This is a case report of a 29-year-old woman who presented with weight loss, fever, fatigue, and pneumonia. She developed disseminated blastomycosis, adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and ulcerative

UNASSIGNED Blastomyces dermatitidis is a dimorphic fungus endemic to the Mississippi River valley. We describe a rare case of chronic pulmonary blastomycosis complicated by large pulmonary cavitation in a young service member who was misdiagnosed with active pulmonary tuberculosis. UNASSIGNED A

Blastomycosis very rarely affects ocular structures other than the eyelid. It is even more unusual for involvement to occur in the absence of active widespread disease. The authors report a 71-year-old woman with unresponsive endophthalmitis of the right eye who underwent enucleation. Results of