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Review
. 1994 Aug;106(2):601-3.
doi: 10.1378/chest.106.2.601.

Brain abscess caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis in a child with cystic fibrosis

W M Gershan  1 , L S Rusakow, K J Henrickson, M L Splaingard
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Brain abscess caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis in a child with cystic fibrosis

W M Gershan et al. Chest. 1994 Aug.

Abstract

An 8-year-old girl with moderately severe cystic fibrosis and right upper lobe bronchiectasis developed a cerebellar abscess caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. To our knowledge, this is the youngest child with cystic fibrosis and a brain abscess, and the first documented case caused by a fungus.

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