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Blastomicose

Последний просмотренный: 14 Aug 2025
Last updated: 12 Jul 2024

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Определение

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • exposições ocupacionais ou recreativas
  • residência principal ou viagem para áreas endêmicas
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Other diagnostic factors

  • sexo masculino
  • idade entre 30 e 50 anos
  • sintomas constitucionais
  • tosse
  • lesões cutâneas
  • exposição a animais
  • dor nos ossos e nas articulações
  • sintomas geniturinários
  • cefaleia ou queixas neurológicas focais
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Risk factors

  • sexo masculino
  • exposições ocupacionais ou recreativas
  • viagem ou residência em uma área endêmica
  • imunocomprometimento
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Diagnostic investigations

1st investigations to order

  • Teste por ensaio imunoenzimático (EIE) de antígeno urinário de Blastomyces dermatitidis
  • radiografia torácica
  • esfregaço e cultura de amostras do trato respiratório
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Investigations to consider

  • broncoscopia
  • biópsia ou citologia tecidual (pulmão, pele ou osso)
  • artrocentese
  • perfil sorológico fúngico
  • hemoculturas para fungos
  • ressonância nuclear magnética (RNM) cranioencefálica
  • reação em cadeia da polimerase para detecção de B dermatitidis
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Treatment algorithm

ONGOING

pacientes adultos ambulatoriais imunocompetentes não gestantes

pacientes adultos hospitalizados imunocompetentes não gestantes

pacientes adultos imunossuprimidos não gestantes com ou sem doença no sistema nervoso central (SNC)

gestante

neonatos <30 dias de idade

lactentes/crianças ≥30 dias de vida

Contributors

Authors

Nathan Cummins, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

Mayo Clinic

Rochester

MN

Disclosures

NC declares that he has no competing interests.

Larry Baddour, MD

Professor Emeritus of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

Mayo Clinic

Rochester

MN

Disclosures

LB declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Adriana M. Rauseo, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

Department of Internal Medicine

Washington University in St Louis

St Louis

MO

Disclosures

AMR declares that she has no competing interests.

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Key articles

Thompson GR 3rd, Le T, Chindamporn A, et al. Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of the endemic mycoses: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Dec;21(12):e364-e374. Abstract

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