Disseminated Blastomycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient.

Abstract

Blastomycoses dermatitidis is a dimorphic fungus that can cause disseminated blastomycosis with varying clinical manifestations and multiorgan involvement. While blastomycosis commonly causes pulmonary disease, extrapulmonary spread can result in skin, bone, and central nervous system involvement. Cutaneous blastomycosis can present as pustular lesions that evolve into ulcerative or verrucous plaques. We present a case of disseminated blastomycosis in an immunocompetent patient with both pulmonary and cutaneous features. The patient developed hypoxic respiratory failure and was subsequently diagnosed with disseminated blastomycosis after undergoing bronchoscopy with bronchial washing. He was found to have ulcerative nasal lesions as part of his disseminated disease. He was successfully treated with amphotericin B and ultimately discharged from the hospital.