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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 27(6), 1978, pp. 1203-1205
Copyright © 1978 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Occurrence of Blastomyces Dermatitidis in Israel

First Autochthonous Middle Eastern Case*

E. S. Kuttin, A. M. Beemer, J. Levij, L. Ajello AND W. Kaplan
Israel Reference Laboratory for Medical Mycology, Department of Epidemiology, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel, Department of Pathology, Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel, and Mycology Division, Center for Disease Control, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Atlanta, Georgia 30333

A nodule from the infrapatellar region of the left knee of a patient in Israel was found by fluorescent antibody staining to contain the tissue form cells of Blastomyces dermatitidis. The diagnosis was confirmed by culture and other mycological studies when a second lesion appeared below the right knee. This represents the first autochthonous case of blastomycosis from Israel and the Middle East.

Accepted for publication April 8, 1978.


* Address reprint requests to: Dr. L. Ajello, Mycology Division, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.






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