Blastomycosis in New England: 5 Cases and a Review

The geographic range of blastomycosis is thought to include New England, but documentation is sparse. We report 5 cases of infection with Blastomyces dermatitidis that were likely acquired in New England between 2011 and 2021. Our experience suggests that chart coding for the diagnosis of blastomyco...

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Autores principales: Ross, John J, Koo, Sophia, Woolley, Ann E, Zuckerman, Richard A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9887255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36726544
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad029
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description The geographic range of blastomycosis is thought to include New England, but documentation is sparse. We report 5 cases of infection with Blastomyces dermatitidis that were likely acquired in New England between 2011 and 2021. Our experience suggests that chart coding for the diagnosis of blastomycosis is imprecise and that mandatory reporting might help resolve uncertainties about the prevalence and extent of blastomycosis.
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spelling pubmed-98872552023-01-31 Blastomycosis in New England: 5 Cases and a Review Ross, John J Koo, Sophia Woolley, Ann E Zuckerman, Richard A Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Report The geographic range of blastomycosis is thought to include New England, but documentation is sparse. We report 5 cases of infection with Blastomyces dermatitidis that were likely acquired in New England between 2011 and 2021. Our experience suggests that chart coding for the diagnosis of blastomycosis is imprecise and that mandatory reporting might help resolve uncertainties about the prevalence and extent of blastomycosis. Oxford University Press 2023-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9887255/ /pubmed/36726544 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad029 Text en © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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