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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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Systemic paracoccidioidomycosis with compromise of the cecal appendix in a child: case report

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2021
Paracoccidioidomycosis, the most prevalent systemic mycosis in Latin America. In children the most common clinical presentation is the juvenile or acute/subacute form, which mainly involves the lymph nodes and in a lesser proportion the gastrointestinal ...
Medalit Luna-Vilchez, Christian Chiara-Chilet, Julio Maquera-Afaray, Diana Portillo-Alvarez, José W. López   +4 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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Validation and clinical application of a nested PCR for paracoccidioidomycosis diagnosis in clinical samples from Colombian patients

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic and endemic mycosis, restricted to tropical and subtropical areas of Latin America. The infection is caused by the thermal dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Paracoccidioides lutzii.
Marcela Gaviria, Vanessa Rivera, Cesar Muñoz-Cadavid, Luz Elena Cano, Tonny Williams Naranjo   +4 more
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Paracoccidioidomycosis: no genetic damage in human peripheral blood cells of patients assessed by single-cell gel (comet) assay Paracoccidioidomicose: ausência de danos genéticos em células de sangue periférico de pacientes avaliados pelo teste de células individualizadas em gel (teste do cometa)

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2007
Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. As infectious diseases can cause DNA damage, the authors aimed at analyzing DNA breakage in peripheral blood cells of patients with paracoccidioidomycosis by ...
Renata Aparecida Martinez Antunes Ribeiro-Vieira, Daniel Araki Ribeiro, Daisy Maria Favero Salvadori, Sílvio Alencar Marques   +3 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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A New Duplex PCR-Assay for the Detection and Identification of Paracoccidioides Species

Journal of Fungi, 2021
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a life-threatening systemic fungal infection caused by members of the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis complex and P. lutzii.
Breno Gonçalves Pinheiro, Ana Paula Pôssa, Paula Portella Della Terra, Jamile Ambrósio de Carvalho, Giannina Ricci, Angela Satie Nishikaku, Rosane Christine Hahn, Zoilo Pires de Camargo, Anderson Messias Rodrigues   +8 more
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Tracheoesophageal fistula associated with paracoccidioidomicosis

Autopsy and Case Reports, 2011
Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal disease caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, agent geographically distributed to certain areas of Central and South America. The infection by P.
Antonio Carlos Nogueira, Daniel Soares de Sousa Dantas, Francisco Garcia Soriano, Simone Peres Pilli, João Epalanga Júnior Vidro, Edmar Tafner, Lincoln Tavares de Andrade, Luis Masuo Maruta, Hélio Minamoto, José Pinhata Otoch, João Augusto dos Santos Martines   +10 more
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DISSEMINATED FUNGAL INFECTION WITH ADRENAL INVOLVEMENT: REPORT OF TWO HIV NEGATIVE BRAZILIAN PATIENTS

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2015
Paracoccidioidomycosis and histoplasmosis are systemic fungal infections endemic in Brazil. Disseminated clinical forms are uncommon in immunocompetent individuals.
Graziella Hanna PEREIRA, Valéria Pereira Barbosa LANZONI, Elisa Maria BEIRÃO, Artur TIMERMAN, Marcia de Souza Carvalho MELHEM   +4 more
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Proteomic Response of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Exposed to the Antifungal 4-Methoxynaphthalene-N-acylhydrazone Reveals Alteration in Metabolism

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Background: Paracoccidioidomycosis is a neglected mycosis with a high socioeconomic impact that requires long-term treatment with antifungals that have limitations in their use. The development of antifungals targeting essential proteins that are present
Lívia do Carmo Silva, Kleber Santiago Freitas e Silva, Olívia Basso Rocha, Katheryne Lohany Barros Barbosa, Andrew Matheus Frederico Rozada, Gisele de Freitas Gauze, Célia Maria de Almeida Soares, Maristela Pereira   +7 more
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