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Thinking in paracoccidioidomycosis: a delayed diagnosis of a neglected tropical disease, case report and review of clinical reports and eco-epidemiologic data from Colombia since the 2000

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Paracoccidioidomycosis is a neglected tropical disease, endemic in several countries of South America including Colombia. We report a case of a patient with Chronic Multifocal Paracoccidioidomycosis with long-standing symptoms and a delayed ...
Deving Arias Ramos, John Alexander Alzate, Ángela María Giraldo Montoya, Yessica Andrea Trujillo, Leidy Yurany Arias Ramos   +4 more
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Melanin as a Virulence Factor in Different Species of Genus Paracoccidioides

Journal of Fungi, 2020
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a granulomatous systemic mycosis caused by the thermo-dimorphic fungi of the genus Paracoccidioides. Melanin production by fungi can affect their pathogenesis and virulence.
Elúzia C. P. Emidio, Martha E. Urán J., Leandro B. R. Silva, Lucas S. Dias, Mariana Doprado, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Carlos Pelleschi Taborda   +6 more
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Paracoccidiomicosis in the central nervous system: a case report

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública, 2015
Paracoccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease which can compromise the central nervous system (CNS).We present a case of an immunocompetent 45 year old man from Satipo, Peru who developed paracoccidioidomycosis in the CNS without any apparent point of entry
Jesús Rojas-Jaimes, Raul Castillo Cordova, Delza Tárraga Gonzales   +2 more
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Metabolomics and Machine Learning Approaches Combined in Pursuit for More Accurate Paracoccidioidomycosis Diagnoses

mSystems, 2020
Brazil and many other Latin American countries are areas of endemicity for different neglected diseases, and the fungal infection paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is one of them. Among the clinical manifestations, pneumopathy associated with skin and mucosal
Estela de Oliveira Lima, Luiz Claudio Navarro, Karen Noda Morishita, Camila Mika Kamikawa, Rafael Gustavo Martins Rodrigues, Mohamed Ziad Dabaja, Diogo Noin de Oliveira, Jeany Delafiori, Flávia Luísa Dias-Audibert, Marta da Silva Ribeiro, Adriana Pardini Vicentini, Anderson Rocha, Rodrigo Ramos Catharino   +12 more
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Evaluation of the Diagnostic Accuracy of the Quantitative Point‐of‐Care SD Biosensor Standard G6PD Test for Assessment of G6PD Deficiency in Infectious Diseases

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, Volume 48, Issue 2, Page 440-446, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Background G6PD deficiency affects about 500 million people worldwide and is prevalent in many malaria‐endemic settings. People with G6PD deficiency are at risk of hemolysis when exposed to certain medications, including 8‐aminoquinoline drugs used to treat Plasmodium vivax malaria.
Flavia Regina Medeiros da Silva, Alexandre Gomes Vizzoni, Daniela Mendes‐de‐Almeida, Joanna Bokel, Raquel de Vasconcellos Carvalhaes de Oliveira, André Machado Siqueira, Yasmine Rangel Vieira, Simone da Costa Cruz Silva   +7 more
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Pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis: a case report of reactivation in a patient receiving biological therapy

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Paracoccidioidomycosis is an endemic disease in Latin America that is rarely associated with immunosuppression and biological therapy. Herein, we report for the first time a case of pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis reactivation after infliximab treatment.
Lúcia Carla Polaco Covre, Pâmela Mazzini Hombre, Aloísio Falqueto, Paulo Mendes Peçanha, Valéria Valim   +4 more
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Chronic Diarrhea and Pancolitis Caused by Paracoccidioidomycosis: A Case Report

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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Treatment compliance of patients with paracoccidioidomycosis in Central-West Brazil

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2019
Objective: To evaluate the treatment compliance of patients with paracoccidioidomycosis. Methods: We studied 188 patients with paracoccidioidomycosis admitted to a tertiary referral hospital in the Central-West Region of Brazil from 2000 to 2010, to ...
Ursulla Vilella Andrade, Sandra Maria do Valle Leone de Oliveira, Marilene Rodrigues Chang, Edy Firmina Pereira, Ana Paula da Costa Marques, Lidia Raquel de Carvalho, Rinaldo Poncio Mendes, Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago   +7 more
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Demystifying fungal systematics: A gateway to fungal literacy and societal/ecological relevance through familiar species

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 499-515, March 2026.
Fungal systematics can feel overwhelming given the vast species diversity within this kingdom, with numerous subgroups at every taxonomic rank. This often creates a disconnect between the undertsnidng of fungal taxonomic diversity and their societal relevance.
Anna Vaiana, Francis Martin, Rasmus Kjøller, Toby Spribille, Garima Singh   +4 more
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Herpes simplex Virus Pneumonitis in an Acute/Subacute Paracoccidioidomycosis Patient With Malabsorption Syndrome. Case-Report and Literature Review

Frontiers in Fungal Biology, 2022
Paracoccidioides sp.—Herpes simplex virus (HSV) co-infection was not reported until now and malabsorption syndrome is a rare complication of the acute/subacute form (AF) of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), characterized by life-threatening abnormalities ...
Ricardo S. Cavalcante, Bruno S. Souza, Iverson X. Duarte, Marcelo P. T. Moraes, Kunie I. R. Coelho, Beatriz L. Griva, Beatriz A. S. Pereira, Sueli A. Calvi, Marluci Betini, Rinaldo P. Mendes   +9 more
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