Disseminated Blastomycosis Presenting as Oligoarthritis, Pneumonia, and Skin Disease in an Immunocompetent Child
Blastomyces species (spp) can cause clinical disease affecting nearly every organ system, including the skeletal system. However, isolated joint involvement without concurrent osteomyelitis is rare, especially in children. We present a pediatric case from a tertiary care center in urban Chicago of d...
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| description | Blastomyces species (spp) can cause clinical disease affecting nearly every organ system, including the skeletal system. However, isolated joint involvement without concurrent osteomyelitis is rare, especially in children. We present a pediatric case from a tertiary care center in urban Chicago of disseminated blastomycosis caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis presenting as oligoarthritis (in the absence of osteomyelitis), pneumonia, and skin involvement, with clinical improvement on IV amphotericin and oral azole treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8e8d7f28ef01414ab05d7306b46512a62025-02-03T01:27:06ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112021-01-01202110.1155/2021/38723543872354Disseminated Blastomycosis Presenting as Oligoarthritis, Pneumonia, and Skin Disease in an Immunocompetent ChildEmily Schildt0Robyn Bockrath1Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USANorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USABlastomyces species (spp) can cause clinical disease affecting nearly every organ system, including the skeletal system. However, isolated joint involvement without concurrent osteomyelitis is rare, especially in children. We present a pediatric case from a tertiary care center in urban Chicago of disseminated blastomycosis caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis presenting as oligoarthritis (in the absence of osteomyelitis), pneumonia, and skin involvement, with clinical improvement on IV amphotericin and oral azole treatment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/3872354 |
| spellingShingle | Emily Schildt Robyn Bockrath Disseminated Blastomycosis Presenting as Oligoarthritis, Pneumonia, and Skin Disease in an Immunocompetent Child Case Reports in Pediatrics |
| title | Disseminated Blastomycosis Presenting as Oligoarthritis, Pneumonia, and Skin Disease in an Immunocompetent Child |
| title_full | Disseminated Blastomycosis Presenting as Oligoarthritis, Pneumonia, and Skin Disease in an Immunocompetent Child |
| title_fullStr | Disseminated Blastomycosis Presenting as Oligoarthritis, Pneumonia, and Skin Disease in an Immunocompetent Child |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disseminated Blastomycosis Presenting as Oligoarthritis, Pneumonia, and Skin Disease in an Immunocompetent Child |
| title_short | Disseminated Blastomycosis Presenting as Oligoarthritis, Pneumonia, and Skin Disease in an Immunocompetent Child |
| title_sort | disseminated blastomycosis presenting as oligoarthritis pneumonia and skin disease in an immunocompetent child |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/3872354 |
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