Table 4: Shows laboratory data of patient with blastomycosis.

Lab Value

Our patient

Reference range

Beta glucan

38

< 80 pg/mL

Aspergillus galactomannan

0.033

< 0.5

Histoplasma Antibody

< 1.8

< 1.8

Aspergillus Antibody

< 1.8

< 1.8

Coccidioides Antibody

< 1.2

< 1.2

Blastomyces Antibody

7.9

< = 0.9 IV

Quantiferon TB Gold plus

Negative

Negative

Blood culture

NGTD

 

HIV 1/2 Screen

Non-reactive

Non- reactive

Left breast fluid culture

Blastomyces dermatitidis

 

Lumbar Puncture

Color

Colorless

Colorless

RBC Count

10

0 uL

Total nucleated cells

1

0-5 uL

Differential

Too few to count

Glucose

55

41-70 mg/dL

Protein

28

15-45 mg/dL

Arthrocentesis

RBC count

51000

uL

Total nucleated cell

6323

uL

Interpretation

Moderate Blood, acute inflammation, No organisms