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Case Report
Direct inoculation of cutaneous blastomycosis from dog to human
1 MBBS, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, India
2 MD, Geisinger Medical center, Danville, Pennsylvania, United States
3 MBBS, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
4 MBBS, Government Medical College Alappuzha, Alappuzha, India
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Article ID: 100010I03AB2019
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Baburaj A, Sudhakaran A, Singh D, Chand S. Direct inoculation of cutaneous blastomycosis from dog to human. Edorium J Infect Dis 2019;5:100010I03AB2019.ABSTRACT
This is the case of a 46-year-old diabetic male presenting with non-healing ulcers on his face and lower extremity. He presented with two active crusted non-painful, mildly erythematous cutaneous lesions on his left foot and left chin that was present for two weeks. He had a prodrome of flu-like illness before noticing the lesions. Similar lesions were seen in the skin of his canine two weeks ago before it was noticed in the patient. His routine lab work including complete blood count and comprehensive metabolic panel were within normal limits. A chest X-ray showed normal lungs without any nodularity. A punch biopsy was done that showed cutaneous blastomycosis. He was started on Itraconazole with significant improvement in his cutaneous ulcer.
Keywords: Canine, Cutaneous, Cutaneous blastomycosis, Direct inoculation, Non-traumatic
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Aparna Baburaj - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Anuraj Sudhakaran - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Divya Singh - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Siddharth Chand - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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