| pulmonary blastomycosis: a new endemic area in new york state. | we describe three cases of pulmonary blastomycosis in patients from central new york state (nys). two of these cases occurred in 2012, and in patients who resided in the same county. moreover, two of these cases manifested with acute respiratory distress syndrome and survived. interestingly, one of the two received corticosteroids and was extubated within 1 week. to the best of our knowledge, these are the first cases of human blastomycosis to be reported from nys and we propose that corticoster ... | 2013 | 23496278 |