Necrotizing Pneumonia Secondary to Pulmonary Blastomycosis: A Case Report

Necrotizing pneumonia is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of pulmonary blastomycosis, a fungal infection caused by inhaling spores of the fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis. This case report describes a 56-year-old male who presented with worsening malaise, subjective fevers and chi...

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Autores principales: Burton, Kyle A, Karulf, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10256257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37303385
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38846
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description Necrotizing pneumonia is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of pulmonary blastomycosis, a fungal infection caused by inhaling spores of the fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis. This case report describes a 56-year-old male who presented with worsening malaise, subjective fevers and chills, night sweats, and a productive cough. Further evaluation revealed a right upper lobe necrotizing pneumonia secondary to pulmonary blastomycosis.
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spelling pubmed-102562572023-06-10 Necrotizing Pneumonia Secondary to Pulmonary Blastomycosis: A Case Report Burton, Kyle A Karulf, Matthew Cureus Internal Medicine Necrotizing pneumonia is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of pulmonary blastomycosis, a fungal infection caused by inhaling spores of the fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis. This case report describes a 56-year-old male who presented with worsening malaise, subjective fevers and chills, night sweats, and a productive cough. Further evaluation revealed a right upper lobe necrotizing pneumonia secondary to pulmonary blastomycosis. Cureus 2023-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10256257/ /pubmed/37303385 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38846 Text en Copyright © 2023, Burton et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Necrotizing Pneumonia Secondary to Pulmonary Blastomycosis: A Case Report
title Necrotizing Pneumonia Secondary to Pulmonary Blastomycosis: A Case Report
title_full Necrotizing Pneumonia Secondary to Pulmonary Blastomycosis: A Case Report
title_fullStr Necrotizing Pneumonia Secondary to Pulmonary Blastomycosis: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Necrotizing Pneumonia Secondary to Pulmonary Blastomycosis: A Case Report
title_short Necrotizing Pneumonia Secondary to Pulmonary Blastomycosis: A Case Report
title_sort necrotizing pneumonia secondary to pulmonary blastomycosis: a case report
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10256257/
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