@article{293abc2460674397acf3c26a1fef3123,
title = "Diagnostic delay and antibiotic overuse in acute pulmonary blastomycosis",
abstract = "The diagnosis of blastomycosis is often delayed. We identified 28 cases of pulmonary blastomycosis in a retrospective chart review. Most patients received multiple antibiotic courses before being diagnosed, and the sputum KOH smear was rarely used. Diagnostic delay can be decreased with higher suspicion for pulmonary blastomycosis and early use of the sputum KOH smear.",
keywords = "Antibiotic overuse, Diagnostic delay, Fungal infection, Pulmonary blastomycosis",
author = "Alpern, {Jonathan D.} and Bahr, {Nathan C.} and Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez and Boulware, {David R.} and Sellman, {Jonathan S.} and Sarosi, {George A.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2016",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/ofid/ofw078",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "3",
journal = "Open Forum Infectious Diseases",
issn = "2328-8957",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "2",
}