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Cerebral Blastomycoma after Ketoconazole Therapy for Respiratory Tract Blastomycosis Am J Med 86:713-714, Pitrak,D.L.&Andersen,B.R., 1989 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Recently oral ketoconazole has been recommended for treatment of blastomycosis in patients without an underlying immunodeficiency state, immediately life-threatening disease,or central nervous system(CNS) involvement[1,2].We report a case of cerebral blastomycoma occurring in a patient after treatment of respiratory tract blastomycosis with oral ketoconazole.Neurologic involvement did not become apparent until months after the pulmonary infection had completely resolved.

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