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Serological diagnosis of paracoccidioidomycosis in HIV-coinfected patients

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010
Paracoccidioidomycosis should be differentiated from other opportunistic diseases in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients who live in Latin America.
Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Lucia Helena Vitali, Roberto Martinez   +2 more
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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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An Update on Invasive Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Transplant Infectious Disease, Volume 28, Issue 4, July/August 2026.
ABSTRACT Invasive fungal infections (IFI) remain a significant infection‐related complication in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs), the incidence of which has not changed overtime. With a focus on studies and data published after 2019, this narrative review provides an update on the epidemiology and prevention of IFIs in SOTRs and highlights ...
Tina Marinelli, Shahid Husain
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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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Paracoccidioidomycosis in Brazil: 25‐Year Nationwide Trends in Mortality, Hospitalisations and In‐Hospital Deaths of a Neglected Systemic Mycosis

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 31, Issue 7, Page 875-894, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective To analyse mortality, hospitalisations and in‐hospital mortality related to paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) in Brazil, 2000–2024, from a spatio‐temporal and social inequalities perspective. Methods We conducted a mixed ecological study using death certificates from the Mortality Information System and hospital admissions from the ...
Anderson Fuentes Ferreira, Jorg Heukelbach, Eliana Amorim de Souza, Maria Aparecida Shikanai‐Yasuda, Lisandra Serra Damasceno, Terezinha do Menino Jesus Silva Leitão, Ziadir Francisco Coutinho, Helia Kawa, Milena Maria Alves Vasconcelos, Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr   +9 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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