Blastomyces species and orbital apex syndrome: Unsuspected co-infection

Blastomyces species are thermally dimorphic fungi existing as yeast in tissue. We report an initially immunocompetent patient with orbital apex syndrome (OAS) whose presentation suggested giant cell arteritis. Subsequently, metastatic carcinoma was entertained as a cause of OAS until bronchoscopy yi...

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Autores principales: Safneck, Janice R., Krawitz, Sherry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5943999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29755280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjopt.2018.02.001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5943999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29755280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjopt.2018.02.001

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