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Master of Public Health

Central Nervous System Blastomycosis in Children - A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

AUTHORS

Madigan T , Fatemi Y , Theel ES , Moodley A , Boyce TG , . The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 2016 12 28; ().

ABSTRACT

We present a 7-year-old boy with chronic meningitis caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. A review of the literature revealed 32 cases of CNS blastomycosis in children between 1983 and 2016, of which 18 represented parenchymal disease of the brain or spinal cord. Blastomycosis affecting the CNS is rare, but should be considered in children with chronic meningitis.

We present a 7-year-old boy with chronic meningitis caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. A review of the literature revealed 32 cases of CNS blastomycosis in children between 1983 and 2016, of which 18 represented parenchymal disease of the brain or spinal cord. Blastomycosis affecting the CNS is rare, but should be considered in children with chronic meningitis.

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