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Burying Hatchets into Endemic Diagnoses: Disseminated Blastomycosis in a Novel Occupational Exposure

Version 1 : Received: 8 June 2023 / Approved: 9 June 2023 / Online: 9 June 2023 (04:32:25 CEST)

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Davar, K.; Jeng, A.; Donovan, S. Burying Hatchets into Endemic Diagnoses: Disseminated Blastomycosis from a Potentially Novel Occupational Exposure. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2023, 8, 371. Davar, K.; Jeng, A.; Donovan, S. Burying Hatchets into Endemic Diagnoses: Disseminated Blastomycosis from a Potentially Novel Occupational Exposure. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2023, 8, 371.

Abstract

Blastomycosis is an endemic fungal disease seen prominently in the northern regions of North America, manifested as pulmonary disease, however also with dissemination to the skin, bones, and genitourinary tract. We describe a case of a patient in Southern California diagnosed with disseminated blastomycosis due to a novel occupational exposure of axe throwing.

Keywords

Blastomycosis; Blastomyces dermatitidis; Endemic Fungi; Axe Throwing; Occupational Exposure

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Tropical Medicine

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