An imported case of Blastomyces dermatitidis infection in Mexico

Mycopathologia. 2003;156(4):263-7. doi: 10.1023/b:myco.0000003558.71489.01.

Abstract

Blastomycosis is an acute or chronic primary infection of the respiratory system, endemic in North America (United States of America and Canada), Africa and Asia. We report a case in Mexico, in a three years old child who had been born in California and lived in Chicago, U.S.A. The patient presented pulmonary symptoms prior to development of a skin ulcer. Blastomyces dermatitidis was identified by mycological and molecular procedures. The patient was successfully treated with amphotericin B, oral ketoconazole and itraconazole.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Blastomyces / growth & development*
  • Blastomycosis / epidemiology
  • Blastomycosis / microbiology
  • Blastomycosis / pathology*
  • Chicago / ethnology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / epidemiology
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / microbiology
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / pathology*
  • Male
  • Mexico
  • Skin Ulcer / epidemiology
  • Skin Ulcer / microbiology
  • Skin Ulcer / pathology*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents