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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 +4 more
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Brazilian guidelines for the clinical management of paracoccidioidomycosis.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2017 Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal disease occurring in Latin America that is associated with rural environments and agricultural activities. However, the incidence and prevalence of paracoccidiodomycosis is underestimated because of the lack of
M. Shikanai-Yasuda +20 more
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A Case-Control Study of Paracoccidioidomycosis in Women: The Hormonal Protection Revisited
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Clinical observations have long suggested that women are protected against paracoccidioidomycosis. 17β-estradiol, the main female estrogen, inhibits conidia-to-yeast transformation (C-to-Y), which is required for the infection establishment.
Tereza Graciano Nascimento de Brito +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2020 AhR is a ligand-activated transcription factor that plays an important role in the innate and adaptive immune responses. In infection models, it has been associated with host responses that promote or inhibit disease progression.
E. F. de Araújo +4 more
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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 +3 more
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Imported Systemic Endemic Mycoses in Spain 1997-2021: An Analysis of a National Hospital Database. [PDF]
MycosesABSTRACT Background Systemic endemic mycoses are systemic fungal infections typically found in tropical and subtropical regions. Their global incidence is rising, including in nonendemic countries, mainly due to migration and international travel. They are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially in immunocompromised patients ...
Llenas-García J +3 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2020 Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a life-threatening systemic infection caused by the fungal pathogen Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and related species. Whole-genome sequencing and stage-specific proteomic analysis of Paracoccidioides offer the opportunity
A. M. Rodrigues +5 more
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PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS TREATMENT [PDF]
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2015 SUMMARYConsidered to be an emerging endemic mycosis in Latin America, paracoccidioidomycosis is characterized by a chronic course and involvement of multiple organs in immunocompromised hosts. Infection sequelae are mainly related to pulmonary and adrenal insufficiency.
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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 +6 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2020 Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a granulomatous fungal disease caused by the dimorphic fungal species of Paracoccidioides, which mainly affects the lungs.
Samuel Rodrigues Dos Santos Junior +8 more
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