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A young male with chronic nonproductive cough diagnosed with blastomycosis in China: a case report
Na Wang1, Zhibing Luo2, Shuangshuang Deng3
1Department of Respiratory, Shanghai East Hospital, Affiliated to Tongji University, No.150 Jimo Road, Pudong District, Shanghai, 200020, People's Republic of China.
Background:
Blastomycosis is a fungal infectious disease prevalent in North America and rarely reported in Asia. Misdiagnosis of malignancy and other infectious diseases were reported.
Case Presentation:
A 24-years-old male patient presented with chronic non-productive cough of 4 months duration. He had been diagnosed with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and lung malignancy elsewhere and presented to us as the symptoms persisted. We offered him the biopsy under endobronchial ultrasound-guide sheath-transbronchial lung biopsy and sample specimen were sent for next generation sequencing analysis, returned as Blastomyces Dermatitidis infection. The patient was treated by itraconazole for 6 months, his symptoms decreased significantly and the CT scan showed resolution of the lesion.
Conclusion:
We shared a case of blastomycosis with delayed and difficult diagnosis and reviewed the knowledge regarding differential diagnosis and next generation sequencing technologies.
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