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Case Reports
. 2019 Dec 30:7:2050313X19897716.
doi: 10.1177/2050313X19897716. eCollection 2019.

An uncommon infectious etiology in an unlikely geographic location: A case report of cutaneous blastomycosis in Saskatchewan

Lindsay Richels  1 , Karen Holfeld  1
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An uncommon infectious etiology in an unlikely geographic location: A case report of cutaneous blastomycosis in Saskatchewan

Lindsay Richels et al. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

Blastomycosis is a primary pulmonary mycosis of humans usually affecting patients geographically located near the Great Lakes, Lake-of-the-Woods and northern Ontario. We report a case of cutaneous blastomycosis in a patient with no environmental contact outside of Saskatchewan.

Keywords: Blastomyces dermatitis; Blastomycosis; Saskatchewan; cutaneous blastomycosis; fungal.

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Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.

Figures

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Ulcerated verrucous plaque on the abdomen.
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Specimen stained by the Gomori methenamine silver stain method.
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High-power magnification of the skin biopsy specimen reveals a broad-based budding yeast cell.
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Low-power examination of a hematoxylin-and-eosin stained skin biopsy specimen.
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After 8 weeks of itraconazole treatment.
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Figure 6.
Healed after itraconazole 200 mg p.o. TID for 3 days then 200 mg p.o. BID for 6 months.
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