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Volume 25, Number 9—September 2019
Research Letter

Blastomycosis Misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis, India

Anil KumarComments to Author , Akhilesh Kunoor, Malini Eapen, Pradeep Kumar Singh, and Anuradha Chowdhary
Author affiliations: Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, India (A. Kumar, A. Kunoor, M. Eapen); Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi, India (P.K. Singh, A. Chowdhary)

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Patient with blastomycosis, India, 2014. A) Photograph of chest showing actively discharging sinuses before treatment with antifungal medication. B) Histopathology slide of Gram-stained pus discharge, showing broad-based budding yeast cells. The insets show Gram staining of the same organism, with narrow and broad-based budding in different fields. Original magnification ×100. C) Photograph of chest showing closed sinuses and disappearance of sinus line after treatment with antifungal medication

Figure. Patient with blastomycosis, India, 2014. A) Photograph of chest showing actively discharging sinuses before treatment with antifungal medication. B) Slide of Gram-stained pus discharge, showing broad-based budding yeast cells. The insets show Gram staining of the same organism, with narrow and broad-based budding in different fields. Original magnification ×100. C) Photograph of chest showing closed sinuses and disappearance of sinus line after treatment with antifungal medication.

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