An adolescent with both Wegener's Granulomatosis and chronic blastomycosis
<p>Abstract</p> <p>We report a case of Wegener's Granulomatosis (WG) associated with blastomycosis. This appears to be the first case report of WG co-existing with a tissue proven blastomycosis infection. The temporal correlation of the two conditions suggests that blastomycos...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-08-01
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| Series: | Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal |
| Online Access: | http://www.ped-rheum.com/content/6/1/13 |
| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>We report a case of Wegener's Granulomatosis (WG) associated with blastomycosis. This appears to be the first case report of WG co-existing with a tissue proven blastomycosis infection. The temporal correlation of the two conditions suggests that blastomycosis infection (and therefore possibly other fungal infections), may trigger the systemic granulomatous vasculitis in a predisposed individual; a provocative supposition warranting further study.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1546-0096 |