Disseminated Blastomycosis Mimicking Tuberculosis, China
Blastomycosis is endemic in central and southern North America but rare in China. It can mimic community-acquired pneumonia, tuberculosis, or cancer. We describe a patient who initially had tuberculosis diagnosed and later had blastomycosis diagnosed through metagenomic detection, which aided diagnosis and treatment. Clinicians should consider blastomycosis in differential diagnoses for respiratory diseases.
Authors
- Yueyin Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0532-5368)
- Yu Pang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8505-8719)
- Yuhua He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4313-786X)
- Linyan Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0259-6453)
- Mengqiu Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5899-1845)
- Can Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7414-2050)
- Junwei Cui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8318-9846)
- Jiajia Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9161-2154)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Published
- 2025-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3110.250671
- Primary Topic
- Fungal Infections and Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00