{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: Blastomycosis Endocarditis: Case Report and Literature Review.
{Author}: Murillo Chavez F;Filippov E;Licandro F;Sethi V;Eilertson B;
{Journal}: Open Forum Infect Dis
{Volume}: 10
{Issue}: 11
{Year}: 2023 Nov
{Factor}: 4.423
{DOI}: 10.1093/ofid/ofad572
{Abstract}: We report successful treatment of a case of disseminated blastomycosis originating in the right lung, with involvement of the right pleural space, multiple ribs and vertebral bodies, and the pericardium and mitral valve endocarditis. The 22-year-old patient presented with a 13-month history of right lower lobe pneumonia associated with fevers, night sweats, rib pain, and 27-kg weight loss. Pathology examination revealed Blastomyces from multiple biopsies of inflammatory masses in the right thorax. After a 4-week induction with liposomal amphotericin followed by oral itraconazole, the patient had complete resolution of the clinical and laboratory findings of blastomycosis.