Table 4.
Cases of blastomycosis misdiagnosed as TB.
| Authors | Sex/Age/Location | AFB/ Gene Xpert |
HIV Status |
Investigations | Treatment | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew et al., 2018 [28] | M/25/USA | - | - | Culture | Itraconazole | Fv |
| Krumpelbeck et al., 2018 [29] | M/37/USA | NS | - | Culture, Histopathology | AMB and Voriconazole | NS |
| Goico et al., 2018 [30] | M/36/USA | NS | - | Culture | AMB and Itraconazole | Fv |
| Guler et al., 1995 [31] | M/4/Turkey | NS | - | Histopathology | Surgery and AMB | Fv |
| Kumar et al., 2019 [32] | M/32/India | - | - | Microscopy, Culture | Itraconazole | Fv |
| Frean et al., 1992 [33] | M/40/S. Afr | - | - | Microscopy, Culture | AMB | D |
| Frean et al., 1992 [33] | M/31/S. Afr | - | - | Histopathology, Culture | AMB | Fv |
| Zhao et al., 2011 [34] | M/21/China | - | - | Histopathology, Culture | AMB and Itraconazole | Fv |
| Koen F et al., 1999 [35] | M/42/S. Afri | - | - | Histopathology, Culture | Fluconazole & Itraconazole | Fv |
| Krulsselbrink et al., 2010 [36] | F/37/Canada | NS | - | Microscopy, Culture | AMB and Fluconazole | NS |
| Mapanga et al., 2020 [37] | M/31/S. Afri | NS | - | Histopathology, Gene sequencing | AMB | Fv |
| Mapanga et al., 2020 [37] | M/40/S. Afr | NS | - | Histopathology, Culture, Gene sequencing | AMB | D |
| Baily et al., 1991 [38] | F/38/Mozambique | NS | - | Culture | - | D |
| Baily et al., 1991 [38] | M/12/Zimbabwe | NS | - | Histopathology | AMB | Fv |
M; Male, F; Female, AFB; Acid fast bacilli, HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus, AMB; Amphotericin B, -; Negative, +; Positive, NS; Not stated, Fv; Favorable, D; Death.