2020
Endemic Fungi Presenting as Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Review
Azar MM, Malo J, Hage CA. Endemic Fungi Presenting as Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Review. Seminars In Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2020, 41: 522-537. PMID: 32629490, DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1702194.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-acquired pneumoniaCommon bacterial causeAreas of endemicityDimorphic fungal infectionsRespiratory manifestationsClinical presentationPulmonary histoplasmosisTreatment strategiesDiagnostic modalitiesBacterial causeEndemic areasFungal infectionsPneumoniaHistoplasma capsulatumHistoplasmosisCoccidioides posadasiiBlastomycosisCoccidioidomycosisEpidemiologyDimorphic fungusPresentingReviewPathogenesisInfectionDiagnosis
2015
Blastomycosis in Indiana Clinical and Epidemiologic Patterns of Disease Gleaned from a Multicenter Retrospective Study
Azar MM, Assi R, Relich RF, Schmitt BH, Norris S, Wheat LJ, Hage CA. Blastomycosis in Indiana Clinical and Epidemiologic Patterns of Disease Gleaned from a Multicenter Retrospective Study. CHEST Journal 2015, 148: 1276-1284. PMID: 26020566, DOI: 10.1378/chest.15-0289.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiabetes mellitusEpidemiologic patternsIncidence of blastomycosisMulticenter retrospective studyCases of blastomycosisMultilobar pneumoniaICU admissionExtrapulmonary diseaseRetrospective studyMean ageIncidence rateFungal antigensEndemic areasLarge seriesAmphotericin BBlastomycosisTotal mortalityIncidenceMellitusPneumoniaSignificant increaseDiseaseIndiana ClinicalARDSImmunosuppression
2014
Cutaneous Blastomycosis Masquerading as Pyoderma Gangrenosum
Azar MM, Relich RF, Schmitt BH, Spech RW, Hage CA. Cutaneous Blastomycosis Masquerading as Pyoderma Gangrenosum. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology 2014, 52: 1298-1300. PMID: 24501027, PMCID: PMC3993463, DOI: 10.1128/jcm.03356-13.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes