Unusual osseous presentation of blastomycosis in an immigrant child: a challenge for European pediatricians

BACKGROUND: Blastomycosis, caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis is a systemic pyogranulomatous infection, endemic in United States and Canada, with few reported cases in Africa and Asia. It is uncommon among children and adolescents, ranging from 3% to 10%. Clinical feat...

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Autores principales: Codifava, Margherita, Guerra, Azzurra, Rossi, Giulio, Paolucci, Paolo, Iughetti, Lorenzo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3545834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23228191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-38-69

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3545834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23228191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-38-69

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