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- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1959 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
- ISSN
- 0098-7484
- eISSN
- 1538-3598
- DOI
- 10.1001/jama.1959.03010340029007
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
A 52-year-old man died five or six weeks after the appearance of an inflammatory swelling of his knee. Treatment by aspiration, drainage, and antibiotics had been ineffectual. A mass was visible in early roentgenograms of the chest. Later roentgenograms showed multiple irregular densities scattered throughout both lung fields. After a febrile course the patient died in respiratory failure. Autopsy findings confirmed the diagnosis of North American blastomycosis. Similar history and findings were noted in the case of a dog that had died three months earlier, and the circumstances suggest that the man may have contracted the disease from the dog. Microscopy showed the essential lesions in both the human and the canine patient to be granulomas and demonstrated the presence of Blastomyces dermatitidis.
Journal
JAMA – American Medical Association
Published: Dec 19, 1959