An adolescent with both Wegener's Granulomatosis and chronic blastomycosis

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...

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Main Authors: O' Sullivan Maureen, Dobson Simon, Houghton Kristin, Abdwani Reem, Malleson Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-08-01
Series:Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal
Online Access:http://www.ped-rheum.com/content/6/1/13
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spelling doaj-a93a67f633834811bc634b1dd0c2e2282020-11-24T21:35:02ZengBMCPediatric Rheumatology Online Journal1546-00962008-08-01611310.1186/1546-0096-6-13An adolescent with both Wegener's Granulomatosis and chronic blastomycosisO' Sullivan MaureenDobson SimonHoughton KristinAbdwani ReemMalleson Peter<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> http://www.ped-rheum.com/content/6/1/13
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author O' Sullivan Maureen
Dobson Simon
Houghton Kristin
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Malleson Peter
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Dobson Simon
Houghton Kristin
Abdwani Reem
Malleson Peter
An adolescent with both Wegener's Granulomatosis and chronic blastomycosis
Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal
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Dobson Simon
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title An adolescent with both Wegener's Granulomatosis and chronic blastomycosis
title_short An adolescent with both Wegener's Granulomatosis and chronic blastomycosis
title_full An adolescent with both Wegener's Granulomatosis and chronic blastomycosis
title_fullStr An adolescent with both Wegener's Granulomatosis and chronic blastomycosis
title_full_unstemmed An adolescent with both Wegener's Granulomatosis and chronic blastomycosis
title_sort adolescent with both wegener's granulomatosis and chronic blastomycosis
publisher BMC
series Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal
issn 1546-0096
publishDate 2008-08-01
description <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>
url http://www.ped-rheum.com/content/6/1/13
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