Delayed diagnosis of osseous blastomycosis in two patients following environmental exposure in nonendemic areas

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 536-541

  Veligandla, Shailaja R ^a   Hinrichs, Steven H ^a   Rupp, Mark E ^a   Lien, Elizabeth A ^a   Neff, James R ^b   Iwen, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastomyces dermatitidis; Blastomycosis; Nonendemic; Osseous

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CASE REPORT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; MOLD (SOIL); MORBIDITY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YEAST; BLASTOMYCES; BONE DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPOSURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BONE DISEASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036783145     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/JEJ0-3N98-C3G8-21DE     Document Type: Article

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