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Diagnostic Delay and Antibiotic Overuse in Acute Pulmonary Blastomycosis

The diagnosis of blastomycosis is often delayed. We identified 28 cases of pulmonary blastomycosis in a retrospective chart review. Most patients received multiple antibiotic courses before being diagnosed, and the sputum KOH smear was rarely used. Diagnostic delay can be decreased with higher suspi...

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Pubblicato in:Open Forum Infect Dis
Autori principali: Alpern, Jonathan D., Bahr, Nathan C., Vazquez-Benitez, Gabriela, Boulware, David R., Sellman, Jonathan S., Sarosi, George A.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Oxford University Press 2016
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943562/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27419155
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw078
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