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* Palate and oral ulcers | * Palate and oral ulcers | ||
* | * [[Splenomegaly]] | ||
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* Pancytopenia | * [[Pancytopenia]] | ||
* Urine antigen testing | * Urine antigen testing | ||
|Yeast are typically smaller, with narrow-based budding, found intracellularly within macrophages | |Yeast are typically smaller, with narrow-based budding, found [[Intracellular|intracellularly]] within [[macrophages]] | ||
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|[[Coccidioidomycosis]] | |[[Coccidioidomycosis]] | ||
|Southwestern US region | |Southwestern US region | ||
|Opportunistic infection seen in AIDS | |Opportunistic infection seen in [[HIV AIDS|AIDS]] | ||
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* Rash on upper body or legs<ref name="pmid23843703">{{cite journal |vauthors=Brown J, Benedict K, Park BJ, Thompson GR |title=Coccidioidomycosis: epidemiology |journal=Clin Epidemiol |volume=5 |issue= |pages=185–97 |year=2013 |pmid=23843703 |pmc=3702223 |doi=10.2147/CLEP.S34434 |url=}}</ref> | * [[Rash]] on upper body or legs<ref name="pmid23843703">{{cite journal |vauthors=Brown J, Benedict K, Park BJ, Thompson GR |title=Coccidioidomycosis: epidemiology |journal=Clin Epidemiol |volume=5 |issue= |pages=185–97 |year=2013 |pmid=23843703 |pmc=3702223 |doi=10.2147/CLEP.S34434 |url=}}</ref> | ||
* Night sweats | * [[Night sweats]] | ||
|Serologic tests( enzyme immune assay )more sensitive | |Serologic tests( enzyme immune assay )more sensitive | ||
|Characteristic spherule appearance | |Characteristic spherule appearance | ||
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|[[Paracoccidioidomycosis]]<ref name="pmid24173174">{{cite journal |vauthors=Marques SA |title=Paracoccidioidomycosis: epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic and treatment up-dating |journal=An Bras Dermatol |volume=88 |issue=5 |pages=700–11 |year=2013 |pmid=24173174 |pmc=3798345 |doi=10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132463 |url=}}</ref> | |[[Paracoccidioidomycosis]]<ref name="pmid24173174">{{cite journal |vauthors=Marques SA |title=Paracoccidioidomycosis: epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic and treatment up-dating |journal=An Bras Dermatol |volume=88 |issue=5 |pages=700–11 |year=2013 |pmid=24173174 |pmc=3798345 |doi=10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132463 |url=}}</ref> | ||
|Central and South america | |Central and South america | ||
|Opportunistic infection seen in AIDS | |Opportunistic infection seen in [[HIV AIDS|AIDS]] | ||
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* Lymphadenopathy | * [[Lymphadenopathy]] | ||
* Hepatosplenomegaly | * [[Hepatosplenomegaly]] | ||
* Bone marrow dysfunction | * Bone marrow dysfunction | ||
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* Person’s hand or the arm | * Person’s hand or the arm | ||
* Lymphadenitis (nodular) | * [[Lymphadenitis]] (nodular) | ||
|'''+''' Sporotrichin skin test | |'''+''' Sporotrichin skin test | ||
|Finger or cigar shaped yeast. | |Finger or cigar shaped yeast. | ||
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|Ubiquitous | |Ubiquitous | ||
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* Cystic fibrosis or asthma. | * [[Cystic fibrosis]] or [[Asthma|asthma.]] [[tuberculosis]]. | ||
* | * [[Immunocompromised]] | ||
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* Wheezing | * [[Wheezing]] | ||
* Stuffiness, runny nose | * Stuffiness, runny nose | ||
* Hemoptysis | * [[Hemoptysis]] | ||
* Weight loss | * [[Weight loss]] | ||
|Cell wall detection using galactomannan antigen detection, Beta-D-glucan detection test. | |Cell wall detection using galactomannan antigen detection, Beta-D-glucan detection test. | ||
|Septated hyphae with acute angle branching | |Septated hyphae with acute angle branching | ||
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* Painless skin ulcer with a black center <ref name="pmid22527064">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hicks CW, Sweeney DA, Cui X, Li Y, Eichacker PQ |title=An overview of anthrax infection including the recently identified form of disease in injection drug users |journal=Intensive Care Med |volume=38 |issue=7 |pages=1092–104 |year=2012 |pmid=22527064 |pmc=3523299 |doi=10.1007/s00134-012-2541-0 |url=}}</ref> | * Painless skin ulcer with a black center <ref name="pmid22527064">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hicks CW, Sweeney DA, Cui X, Li Y, Eichacker PQ |title=An overview of anthrax infection including the recently identified form of disease in injection drug users |journal=Intensive Care Med |volume=38 |issue=7 |pages=1092–104 |year=2012 |pmid=22527064 |pmc=3523299 |doi=10.1007/s00134-012-2541-0 |url=}}</ref> | ||
* Bloody diarrhea | * [[Bloody diarrhea]] | ||
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* [[Thrombocytopenia]] | * [[Thrombocytopenia]] | ||
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Building water systems | Building water systems | ||
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* Diarrhea | * [[Diarrhea]] | ||
* Confusion | * [[Confusion]] | ||
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* '''+''' Urine Antigen | * '''+''' Urine Antigen | ||
* | * [[Hyponatremia]]<ref name="pmid24330484">{{cite journal |vauthors=Schuetz P, Haubitz S, Christ-Crain M, Albrich WC, Zimmerli W, Mueller B |title=Hyponatremia and anti-diuretic hormone in Legionnaires' disease |journal=BMC Infect. Dis. |volume=13 |issue= |pages=585 |year=2013 |pmid=24330484 |pmc=3880094 |doi=10.1186/1471-2334-13-585 |url=}}</ref> | ||
|[[Gram negative]] [[bacterium]] | |[[Gram negative]] [[bacterium]] | ||
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|Ill contact individuals | |Ill contact individuals | ||
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* Night sweats | * [[Night sweats]] | ||
* Hemoptysis | * [[Hemoptysis]] | ||
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* [[Hypercalcemia]] | * [[Hypercalcemia]] | ||
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Adults > 65 | Adults > 65 | ||
[[Immunocompromised]]. | |||
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* | * [[Pregnancy]] can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth, premature delivery, | ||
* Non-pregnant : headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions | * Non-pregnant : [[headache]], stiff neck, [[confusion]], loss of balance, and [[convulsions]] | ||
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* Elevated titers of [[listeriolysin O]] | * Elevated titers of [[listeriolysin O]] | ||
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|People who take unpasteurized dairy products | |People who take unpasteurized dairy products | ||
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* Arthritis | * [[Arthritis]] | ||
* Testicular and scrotal swelling | * Testicular and scrotal swelling | ||
* Endocarditis | * [[Endocarditis]] | ||
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* Antibody production against lipopolysaccharide and bacterial antigens | * Antibody production against lipopolysaccharide and bacterial antigens | ||
* Relative lymphocytosis and | * Relative [[lymphocytosis]] and [[thrombocytopenia]]. | ||
|Gram-negative bacteria,non-motile, encapsulated coccobacilli. | |[[Gram-negative bacteria]],[[Motile|non-motile]], [[Encapsulated organisms|encapsulated]] [[Coccobacilli|coccobacilli.]] | ||
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|[[Scrub typhus]] | |[[Scrub typhus]] | ||
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|Hikers<ref name="pmid26937940">{{cite journal |vauthors=Zhou YH, Xia FQ, Van Poucke S, Zheng MH |title=Successful Treatment of Scrub Typhus-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis With Chloramphenicol: Report of 3 Pediatric Cases and Literature Review |journal=Medicine (Baltimore) |volume=95 |issue=8 |pages=e2928 |year=2016 |pmid=26937940 |pmc=4779037 |doi=10.1097/MD.0000000000002928 |url=}}</ref> | |Hikers<ref name="pmid26937940">{{cite journal |vauthors=Zhou YH, Xia FQ, Van Poucke S, Zheng MH |title=Successful Treatment of Scrub Typhus-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis With Chloramphenicol: Report of 3 Pediatric Cases and Literature Review |journal=Medicine (Baltimore) |volume=95 |issue=8 |pages=e2928 |year=2016 |pmid=26937940 |pmc=4779037 |doi=10.1097/MD.0000000000002928 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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* Maculopapular rash | * [[Maculopapular rash]] | ||
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* Indirect immunofluorescence | * Indirect immunofluorescence | ||
* '''+''' [[Weil-Felix test]] | * '''+''' [[Weil-Felix test]] | ||
|a [[Gram-negative]] α- | |a [[Gram-negative]] α-[[Proteobacteria|proteobacterium]] [[intracellular]] parasite | ||
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|[[Leptospirosis]] | |[[Leptospirosis]] | ||
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|People who work with animals | |People who work with animals | ||
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* Jaundice | * [[Jaundice]] | ||
* Red eyes | * [[Red eyes]] | ||
* | * [[Kidney failure]]<ref name="pmid27059657">{{cite journal |vauthors=Iroh Tam PY, Obaro SK, Storch G |title=Challenges in the Etiology and Diagnosis of Acute Febrile Illness in Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries |journal=J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=190–205 |year=2016 |pmid=27059657 |doi=10.1093/jpids/piw016 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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* Antibodies labelled with fluorescent markers positive for leptospires. | * Antibodies labelled with fluorescent markers positive for leptospires. | ||
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|cat licking a person's open wound, or bites or scratches a person<ref name="pmid17442105">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gouriet F, Lepidi H, Habib G, Collart F, Raoult D |title=From cat scratch disease to endocarditis, the possible natural history of Bartonella henselae infection |journal=BMC Infect. Dis. |volume=7 |issue= |pages=30 |year=2007 |pmid=17442105 |pmc=1868026 |doi=10.1186/1471-2334-7-30 |url=}}</ref> | |cat licking a person's open wound, or bites or scratches a person<ref name="pmid17442105">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gouriet F, Lepidi H, Habib G, Collart F, Raoult D |title=From cat scratch disease to endocarditis, the possible natural history of Bartonella henselae infection |journal=BMC Infect. Dis. |volume=7 |issue= |pages=30 |year=2007 |pmid=17442105 |pmc=1868026 |doi=10.1186/1471-2334-7-30 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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* Lymphadenopathy | * [[Lymphadenopathy]] | ||
* | * [[Papule]] or [[Pustules|pustule]] at the infected site | ||
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* enzymatic immunoassay positive for antibody to B henselae | * enzymatic immunoassay positive for antibody to B henselae | ||
* [[lymphocytosis]] | * [[lymphocytosis]] | ||
|[[Gram-negative]] [[Bacterium|bacteria]]. facultative intracellular parasites | |[[Gram-negative]] [[Bacterium|bacteria]]. [[Facultative aerobic|facultative]] intracellular parasites | ||
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| rowspan="2" |Viral | | rowspan="2" |Viral | ||
|Chickenpox | |Chickenpox | ||
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* Pregnant women. | * Pregnant women. | ||
* Infants born at less than 28 weeks gestation<ref name="pmid27563537">{{cite journal |vauthors=De Paschale M, Clerici P |title=Microbiology laboratory and the management of mother-child varicella-zoster virus infection |journal=World J Virol |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=97–124 |year=2016 |pmid=27563537 |pmc=4981827 |doi=10.5501/wjv.v5.i3.97 |url=}}</ref> | * Infants born at less than 28 weeks gestation<ref name="pmid27563537">{{cite journal |vauthors=De Paschale M, Clerici P |title=Microbiology laboratory and the management of mother-child varicella-zoster virus infection |journal=World J Virol |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=97–124 |year=2016 |pmid=27563537 |pmc=4981827 |doi=10.5501/wjv.v5.i3.97 |url=}}</ref> | ||
* Immunocompromised persons | * [[Immunocompromised]] persons | ||
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* [[conjunctival]] and [[catarrhal]] symptoms | * [[conjunctival]] and [[catarrhal]] symptoms | ||
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* Spots appearing in two or three waves | * Spots appearing in two or three waves | ||
|Whole infected cell (wc) [[ELISA]] for IgG. | |Whole infected cell (wc) [[ELISA]] for IgG. | ||
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|[[Coxsackie A virus]] | |[[Coxsackie A virus]] | ||
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|Children attending day care<ref name="pmid23017893">{{cite journal |vauthors=Flett K, Youngster I, Huang J, McAdam A, Sandora TJ, Rennick M, Smole S, Rogers SL, Nix WA, Oberste MS, Gellis S, Ahmed AA |title=Hand, foot, and mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus a6 |journal=Emerging Infect. Dis. |volume=18 |issue=10 |pages=1702–4 |year=2012 |pmid=23017893 |pmc=3471644 |doi=10.3201/eid1810.120813 |url=}}</ref> | |Children attending day care<ref name="pmid23017893">{{cite journal |vauthors=Flett K, Youngster I, Huang J, McAdam A, Sandora TJ, Rennick M, Smole S, Rogers SL, Nix WA, Oberste MS, Gellis S, Ahmed AA |title=Hand, foot, and mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus a6 |journal=Emerging Infect. Dis. |volume=18 |issue=10 |pages=1702–4 |year=2012 |pmid=23017893 |pmc=3471644 |doi=10.3201/eid1810.120813 |url=}}</ref> | ||
|Painful [[Blister|blisters]] in the mouth, palms and on the feet. | |Painful [[Blister|blisters]] in the mouth, palms and on the feet. | ||
Rash, appears after episode of high fever. | [[Rash]], appears after episode of [[high fever]]. | ||
|Clinically diagnosed | |Clinically diagnosed | ||
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|Others | |Others | ||
|Primary lung cancer | |Primary lung cancer | ||
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|Age >65 | |Age >65 | ||
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* Weight loss | * [[Weight loss]] | ||
* H/o smoking | * H/o smoking | ||
* Hemoptysis | * [[Hemoptysis]] | ||
|CT guided bronchoscopy + for malignant cells | |CT guided bronchoscopy + for malignant cells | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: ; Vidit Bhargava, M.B.B.S [2] Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [3]
Overview
Blastomycosis have overlapping signs & symptoms with that of other fungal and bacterial disorders. A detailed History, Physical examination and serological tests helps us to pin-point the diagnosis. All this disorders can be often misinterpreted as community acquired pneumonia as they all present with similar complaints such as fever, productive cough, chest pain and shortness of breath. The following table elaborates differentiating features between blastomycosis from other fungal disorders.
Fungal
Pathogen | Disease | Geographic distribution | High risk Groups | Differentiating features | Microscopic findings | |
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Physical exam | Laboratory findings | |||||
Fungal | Histoplasmosis | Mississippi and Ohio River valleys |
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Yeast are typically smaller, with narrow-based budding, found intracellularly within macrophages |
Coccidioidomycosis | Southwestern US region | Opportunistic infection seen in AIDS |
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Serologic tests( enzyme immune assay )more sensitive | Characteristic spherule appearance | |
Paracoccidioidomycosis[3] | Central and South america | Opportunistic infection seen in AIDS |
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Smaller fungi with thin cell walls, forming mariner wheel appearance, circumferentially surrounding the parent cell.( Captain wheel appearance ) | |
Sporotrichosis | Ubiquitous | Gardeners [4] |
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+ Sporotrichin skin test | Finger or cigar shaped yeast. | |
Aspergillosis[5] | Ubiquitous |
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Cell wall detection using galactomannan antigen detection, Beta-D-glucan detection test. | Septated hyphae with acute angle branching | ||
Bacterial | Anthrax | Ubiquitous | Live stock handlers |
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Nonmotile, Gram-positive, aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, endospore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium |
Legionella | Ubiquitous | Chronic lung disease
Building water systems |
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Gram negative bacterium | ||
Tuberculosis | Asia,Africa | Ill contact individuals |
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Aerobic, non-encapsulated, non-motile, acid-fast bacillus | ||
Listeriosis | Ubiquitous | Pregnant women [8]
Adults > 65 |
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flagellated, catalase-positive, facultative intracellular, anaerobic, nonsporulating, Gram-positive bacillus | |
Brucellosis |
Mexico, South and Central America |
People who take unpasteurized dairy products |
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Gram-negative bacteria,non-motile, encapsulated coccobacilli. | |
Scrub typhus | Asia-Pacific region
Australia Afghanistan |
Hikers[9] |
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a Gram-negative α-proteobacterium intracellular parasite | ||
Leptospirosis | Temperate, tropical climates. | People who work with animals |
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Spiral-shaped bacteria with hooked ends on dark-field. | ||
Cat scratch fever | Ubiquitous | cat licking a person's open wound, or bites or scratches a person[11] |
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Gram-negative bacteria. facultative intracellular parasites | ||
Viral | Chickenpox | − |
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Whole infected cell (wc) ELISA for IgG. | − |
Coxsackie A virus | − | Children attending day care[13] | Painful blisters in the mouth, palms and on the feet.
Rash, appears after episode of high fever. |
Clinically diagnosed | − | |
Others | Primary lung cancer | − | Age >65 |
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CT guided bronchoscopy + for malignant cells | − |
Bacterial
- Anthrax
- Legionella
- Listeriosis
- Brucellosis
- Tuberculosis
- Scrub typhus
- Leptospirosis
- Cat scratch fever
Viral
- Chickenpox
- Herpes(Prodrome)
- Influenza
- Parainfluenza
- HIV -1/-2
- Coxsackie A virus
- Hepatits
- Cytomegalovirus
- Eastern equine encephalitis virus
- Venezuelan equine encephalitis
- Coronavirus
- California Encephalitis virus
Chronic and disseminated disease
Chronic blastomycosis may be initially confused with a malignancy or tuberculosis. While spread to other areas may be confused with malignancy as well. Skin lesions are often misdiagnosed as pyoderma gangreosum or keratoacanthoma. Therefore, a high index of suspicion is needed on the part of physician to diagnose blastomycosis
References
- ↑ Information for Healthcare Professionals about Histoplasmosis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2015. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/histoplasmosis/health-professionals.html. Accessed February 2, 2016.
- ↑ Brown J, Benedict K, Park BJ, Thompson GR (2013). "Coccidioidomycosis: epidemiology". Clin Epidemiol. 5: 185–97. doi:10.2147/CLEP.S34434. PMC 3702223. PMID 23843703.
- ↑ Marques SA (2013). "Paracoccidioidomycosis: epidemiological, clinical, diagnostic and treatment up-dating". An Bras Dermatol. 88 (5): 700–11. doi:10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132463. PMC 3798345. PMID 24173174.
- ↑ Mahajan VK (2014). "Sporotrichosis: an overview and therapeutic options". Dermatol Res Pract. 2014: 272376. doi:10.1155/2014/272376. PMC 4295339. PMID 25614735.
- ↑ Sherif R, Segal BH (2010). "Pulmonary aspergillosis: clinical presentation, diagnostic tests, management and complications". Curr Opin Pulm Med. 16 (3): 242–50. doi:10.1097/MCP.0b013e328337d6de. PMC 3326383. PMID 20375786.
- ↑ Hicks CW, Sweeney DA, Cui X, Li Y, Eichacker PQ (2012). "An overview of anthrax infection including the recently identified form of disease in injection drug users". Intensive Care Med. 38 (7): 1092–104. doi:10.1007/s00134-012-2541-0. PMC 3523299. PMID 22527064.
- ↑ Schuetz P, Haubitz S, Christ-Crain M, Albrich WC, Zimmerli W, Mueller B (2013). "Hyponatremia and anti-diuretic hormone in Legionnaires' disease". BMC Infect. Dis. 13: 585. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-13-585. PMC 3880094. PMID 24330484.
- ↑ Lamont RF, Sobel J, Mazaki-Tovi S, Kusanovic JP, Vaisbuch E, Kim SK, Uldbjerg N, Romero R (2011). "Listeriosis in human pregnancy: a systematic review". J Perinat Med. 39 (3): 227–36. doi:10.1515/JPM.2011.035. PMC 3593057. PMID 21517700.
- ↑ Zhou YH, Xia FQ, Van Poucke S, Zheng MH (2016). "Successful Treatment of Scrub Typhus-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis With Chloramphenicol: Report of 3 Pediatric Cases and Literature Review". Medicine (Baltimore). 95 (8): e2928. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000002928. PMC 4779037. PMID 26937940.
- ↑ Iroh Tam PY, Obaro SK, Storch G (2016). "Challenges in the Etiology and Diagnosis of Acute Febrile Illness in Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries". J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 5 (2): 190–205. doi:10.1093/jpids/piw016. PMID 27059657.
- ↑ Gouriet F, Lepidi H, Habib G, Collart F, Raoult D (2007). "From cat scratch disease to endocarditis, the possible natural history of Bartonella henselae infection". BMC Infect. Dis. 7: 30. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-7-30. PMC 1868026. PMID 17442105.
- ↑ De Paschale M, Clerici P (2016). "Microbiology laboratory and the management of mother-child varicella-zoster virus infection". World J Virol. 5 (3): 97–124. doi:10.5501/wjv.v5.i3.97. PMC 4981827. PMID 27563537.
- ↑ Flett K, Youngster I, Huang J, McAdam A, Sandora TJ, Rennick M, Smole S, Rogers SL, Nix WA, Oberste MS, Gellis S, Ahmed AA (2012). "Hand, foot, and mouth disease caused by coxsackievirus a6". Emerging Infect. Dis. 18 (10): 1702–4. doi:10.3201/eid1810.120813. PMC 3471644. PMID 23017893.