DISSEMINATED PULMONARY BLASTOMYCOSIS IN AN IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENT - DIAGNOSIS BY FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier
- Vol. 113 (1) , 83-86
- https://doi.org/10.1164/arrd.1976.113.1.83
Abstract
A 73 yr old man with malignant lymphoma who was undergoing treatment with systemic chemotherapy presented with an acute, febrile illness associated with cough and sputum production. The patient developed bilateral, diffuse, pulmonary interstitial infiltrates with rapidly progressive respiratory insufficiency. The diagnosis was made by demonstrating Blastomyces dermatitidis in bronchial brush and transbronchial lung biopsy specimens obtained through fiberoptic bronchoscopy.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Opportunistic Pulmonary InfectionsAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1966