Volume 12, Number 8—August 2006
Dispatch
Human and Canine Pulmonary Blastomycosis, North Carolina, 2001–2002
Pia D.M. MacDonald*†1
, Rick L. Langley†, Susan R. Gerkin‡, Michelle R. Torok§, and J. Newton MacCormack†
, Rick L. Langley†, Susan R. Gerkin‡, Michelle R. Torok§, and J. Newton MacCormack†
Table 1
Demographic and clinical features of human blastomycosis patients, Duplin County, North Carolina, 2001
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Median age, y (range) | 25 (15–82) |
| Race, no. (%) | |
| African American | 5 (63) |
| White | 3 (37) |
| Sex, no. (%) | |
| Male | 6 (75) |
| Clinical signs and symptoms, no. (%) | |
| Cough | 5 (71) |
| Fever | 6 (86) |
| Chest pain | 6 (86) |
| Shortness of breath | 4 (57) |
| Clinical outcomes, no. (%) | |
| Hospitalized | 8 (100) |
| Pneumonia diagnosed | 8 (100) |
| Failed antimicrobial drug treatment | 8 (100) |
| Treated with itraconazole* | 6 (75) |
| Survived | 7 (87) |
*One patient with multiple underlying medical problems was treated with amphotericin B; another patient was treated with fluconazole.
1Current affiliation: University of North Carolina
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