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Acute paracoccidioidomycosis with duodenal and cutaneous involvement and obstructive jaundice

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is the most widespread endemic mycosis in LatinAmerica. If PCM is not diagnosed and treated early and adequately, the endemic fungal infection could result in serious sequelae.
Fred Bernardes Filho, Isabela Sgarbi, Santos Flávia da Silva Domingos, Rafael Cruz Rios Sampaio, Rodolfo Mendes Queiroz, Sílvia Nunes Szente Fonseca, Roderick James Hay, Loan Towersey   +7 more
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Lung cysts in chronic paracoccidioidomycosis

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2013
On HRCT scans, lung cysts are characterized by rounded areas of low attenuation in the lung parenchyma and a well-defined interface with the normal adjacent lung.
Andre Nathan Costa, Edson Marchiori, Gil Benard, Mariana Sponholz Araujo, Bruno Guedes Baldi, Ronaldo Adib Kairalla, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho   +6 more
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Biliary Paracoccidioidomycosis: An Unusual Infection Simulating Malignant Neoplasm

Annals of Hepatology, 2019
Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic granulomatous disease caused by the dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and is restricted to Latin America. It normally affects lungs, skin and lymph nodes. Abdominal organs are usually not involved.
Klaus Steinbrück, Reinaldo Fernandes
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Chronic Diarrhea and Pancolitis Caused by Paracoccidioidomycosis: A Case Report [PDF]

Case Reports in Medicine, 2010
South American blastomycosis is a systemic micosis caused by infection with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. The most frequently affected sites are the lower lip buccal mucous membrane, palate, tongue, sublingual region, lymph glands, and lungs.
Eduar A. Bravo, Arturo J. Zegarra, Alejandro Piscoya, José L. Pinto, Raúl E. de los Rios, Ricardo A. Prochazka, Jorge L. Huerta-Mercado, Nancy L. Mayo, Martin Tagle   +8 more
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Experimental paracoccidioidomycosis

, 2018
Paracoccidioidomycosis seems to be primarily a disease of man, in whom it runs a variable course and often with prolonged periods of incubation. Hamsters were introduced as experimental animals for the study of paracoccidioidomycosis by Guimaraes, who ...
Musatti, Chloé Camba, Coelho, Kunie Iabuki Rabello [UNESP], Peraçoli, Maria Terezinha S. [UNESP], Soares, Angela M.V.C. [UNESP], Defaveri, Julio [UNESP], Rezkallah-Iwasso, Maria Thereza [UNESP]   +5 more
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Comparative genomic analysis of human fungal pathogens causing paracoccidioidomycosis. [PDF]

, 2011
Paracoccidioides is a fungal pathogen and the cause of paracoccidioidomycosis, a health-threatening human systemic mycosis endemic to Latin America. Infection by Paracoccidioides, a dimorphic fungus in the order Onygenales, is coupled with a thermally ...
Zeng, Qiandong, Zucker, Jeremy, Longo, Larissa V G, Ferreira, Márcia Eliana da Silva, Vallejo, Milene C, Yandava, Chandri, Bailão, Alexandre M, Sykes, Sean M, Goldberg, Jonathan, Henn, Matthew R, Walter, Maria Emília Machado Telles, Heiman, David I, Nino-Vega, Gustavo, Brigido, Marcelo Macedo, Cuomo, Christina A, Sakthikumar, Sharadha, Salem-Izacc, Silvia M, Young, Sarah, Ma, Li-Jun, Malavazi, Iran, Teixeira, M.M., Garcia, Ana Maria, Felipe, Maria Sueli, Haas, Brian J, Morais, Flavia V, Grynberg, Marcin, Gujja, Sharvari, San-Blas, Gioconda, Birren, Bruce W, Pereira, Maristela, Champion, Mia D, Matsuo, Alisson L, Holder, Jason W, Muszewska, Anna, León-Narváez, Henry, Rodríguez-Brito, Sabrina, Puccia, Rosana, Soares, Celia Maria de Almeida, Desjardins, Christopher A, Kodira, Chinnappa D, Goldman, Gustavo H, McEwen, Juan G   +41 more
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Paracoccidioidomycosis with digestive manifestations in a pediatric patient

Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México, 2022
Background: Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic infection caused by the fungus Paracoccidioides. It may present in two forms: an acute/subacute form, whose most frequent manifestations include weight loss, fever, anemia, and adenopathy, and a chronic ...
Alexis J. Ormeño-Julca, Victoria Polar Córdova, Sophia M. Mannucci Tragodara, Carlos García Collao, Ángela G. Gil-Arroyo-Álvarez   +4 more
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Paracoccidioidomycosis vaccine [PDF]

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2012
Paracoccidioidomycosis is a granulomatous pulmonary infection that is generally controlled by chemotherapy. The efficacy of treatment, however, is limited by the status of the host immune response. The inhibition of a Th-2 immunity or the stimulation of Th-1 cytokines generally increases the efficacy of antifungal drugs.
Travassos, Luiz Rodolpho UNIFESP, Taborda, Carlos Pelleschi UNIFESP   +1 more
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Mid-line destructive syndrome secondary to infectionby paracoccidioides sp. A case report

Iatreia, 2022
Midline destructive disease is a group of severe and destructive inflammatory and tumor diseases of the midface area, among which paracoccidioidomycosis is one of the main etiologies in tropical countries.
Barrera-Escobar, Sebastián , Hurtado-González, Manuela, Vanegas-Ramírez, Gustavo, Villa-Franco, Juan Pablo   +3 more
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Canine paracoccidioidomycosis [PDF]

Medical Mycology, 2004
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a severe disease caused by the dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, which is characterized by granulomatous pulmonary and systemic lesions, affecting mainly men between 20 and 60 years of age. Reports of PCM disease in animals are rare, but the disease has been described in armadillos.
G, Ricci, F T, Mota, A, Wakamatsu, R C, Serafim, R C, Borra, M, Franco   +5 more
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