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Acute miliary blastomycosis presenting as fluminating respiratory failure.
Chest
|May 1, 1979
Summary
Miliary blastomycosis caused severe respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. Despite antifungal and corticosteroid treatment, persistent restrictive lung impairment and exercise hypoxemia were observed one year later.
Area of Science:
- Pulmonology
- Infectious Diseases
- Critical Care Medicine
Background:
- Miliary blastomycosis is a rare, disseminated fungal infection.
- Acute fulminant respiratory failure can be a severe complication.