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Intranasal Vaccine Using P10 Peptide Complexed within Chitosan Polymeric Nanoparticles as Experimental Therapy for Paracoccidioidomycosis in Murine Model

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, Francenya Kelley Lopes da Silva, Lucas Dos Santos Dias, Ana Camila Oliveira Souza, Marcelo Valdemir de Araujo, Leandro Buffoni Roque da Silva, L. Travassos, Andre Correa Amaral, Carlos P Taborda   +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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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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Paracoccidioidomycosis: Current Perspectives from Brazil

Open Microbiology Journal, 2017
Background: This review article summarizes and updates the knowledge on paracoccidioidomycosis. P lutzii and the cryptic species of P. brasiliensis and their geographical distribution in Latin America, explaining the difficulties observed in the ...
R. P. Mendes, R. S. Cavalcante, S. Marques, M. Marques, J. Venturini, Tatiane Fernanda Sylvestre, A. Paniago, A. C. Pereira, J. F. D. da Silva, A. Fabro, S. Bosco, E. Bagagli, R. Hahn, Adriele Dandara Levorato   +13 more
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Overview of Antifungal Drugs against Paracoccidioidomycosis: How Do We Start, Where Are We, and Where Are We Going?

Journal of Fungi, 2020
Paracoccidioidomycosis is a neglected disease that causes economic and social impacts, mainly affecting people of certain social segments, such as rural workers.
Lívia do Carmo Silva, A. A. de Oliveira, Dienny Rodrigues de Souza, Katheryne Lohany Barros Barbosa, K. S. Freitas E Silva, Marcos Antonio Batista Carvalho Júnior, O. B. Rocha, R. M. Lima, T. G. Santos, C. M. Soares, M. Pereira   +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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Extra-pulmonary manifestations of paracoccidioidomycosis associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a case report [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014
We present a patient with Paracoccidioidomycosis/HIV coinfection which has been investigated because of chronic monoarthritis and mucocutaneous lesions.
Izabella Picinin Safe, Fabio Francesconi do Valle, Daniela Cristina Caetano Maia, Barbara Agonio, Rossicleia Lins Monte, Jose de Ribamar Araujo, Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos   +6 more
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Prostatic involvement in disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis: An unusual presentation mimicking malignant neoplasm

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2020
Paracoccidioidomycosis is a granulomatous fungal infection, endemic to Latin America, which has great economic impact. Prostatic involvement is rare and can simulate other conditions, which poses a diagnostic challenge for the clinician.
Nayara de Paula Passarin, Antonio Augusto Claudio Pereira, Bruna Laginski Passos, Camila Mazeiro Gil, Lenir Nogueira Preciliano Marques, Giovana Locks Silveira, Simone Bonafé, Luiz Jorge Moreira Neto   +7 more
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Predictive value of serologic tests in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with paracoccidioidomycosis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1987
A serologic study was undertaken in a group of 43 patients with active paracoccidioidomycosis who were treated in the same form (ketoconazole), for identical periods of time (6 months), and folio wed-up for various periods posttherapy. The tests employed
Luz Elena Cano, Angela Restrepo
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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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