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Blastomycosis Misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis, India

Publication Type : Journal Article

Thematic Areas : Medical Sciences

Publisher : Emerge Infect Dis,

Source : Emerge Infect Dis, 2019

Url : http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2509.190587

Campus : Kochi

School : School of Medicine

Department : Microbiology

Year : 2019

Abstract : Chronic pulmonary blastomycosis is often misdiagnosed and treated as tuberculosis in disease-endemic and non–disease-endemic areas. We report the case of a 32-year-old man who after visiting Chicago, Illinois, USA, returned to India and received treatment for tuberculosis for 12 months before receiving the correct diagnosis of blastomycosis.

Cite this Research Publication : Anil Kumar, Akhilesh Kunoor, Malini Eapen, Pradeep Kumar Singh, and Anuradha Chowdhary "Blastomycosis Misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis, India", Emerge Infect Dis, 2019

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