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01-12-2020 | Mycobacterium Tuberculosis | Case report
A young male with chronic nonproductive cough diagnosed with blastomycosis in China: a case report
Published in: BMC Pulmonary Medicine | Issue 1/2020
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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.