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Volume 22, Number 2—February 2016
Dispatch

Blastomyces gilchristii as Cause of Fatal Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Daniel DalcinComments to Author , Aaron Rothstein, Joanna Spinato, Nicholas Escott, and Julianne V. Kus
Author affiliations: Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (D. Dalcin, A. Rothstein, N. Escott); Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (J. Spinato, J.V. Kus); Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay (N. Escott); University of Toronto, Toronto (J.V. Kus)

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Figure 1

Chest radiograph at various stages of Blastomyces gilchristii infection in a 27-year-old woman, Ontario, Canada. A) Day 0: posterior–anterior (PA) chest radiograph at initial emergency department examination. Discrete confluent left upper lobe consolidation with air bronchograms are visible. B) Day 5, 15:10: PA chest radiograph demonstrating complete confluent opacification of the left hemithorax with extensive air bronchograms. C) Day 6, 23:30: PA chest radiograph postintubation with confluent

Figure 1. Chest radiograph at various stages of Blastomyces gilchristii infection in a 27-year-old woman, Ontario, Canada. A) Day 0: posterior–anterior (PA) chest radiograph at initial emergency department examination. Discrete confluent left upper lobe consolidation with air bronchograms are visible. B) Day 5, 15:10: PA chest radiograph demonstrating complete confluent opacification of the left hemithorax with extensive air bronchograms. C) Day 6, 23:30: PA chest radiograph postintubation with confluent left lung consolidation and new right patchy airspace opacification. Arrow indicates the correct placement of a nasogastric tube.

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