Systemic Blastomycosis

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Abstract
THE occurrence of a case of an infectious disease in a geographic location outside an area recognized as endemic is always of clinical interest. Diseases hitherto associated with arbitrary geographic boundaries must now be considered more frequently in the differential diagnosis of obscure infections.1 , 2 The purpose of this presentation is to report a case of systemic blastomycosis in Philadelphia and to demonstrate some of the unusual features concerning the difficulties in diagnosis and management, the rapidity of the clinical course and the failure of response to specific therapy.Case ReportJ.F., an 18-year-old Negro, was admitted to the St. Luke's . . .

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