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The case for paracoccidioidomycosis to be accepted as a neglected tropical (fungal) disease

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) neglected tropical disease (NTD) portfolio is a diverse group of diseases with profound impacts on affected populations.
J. Griffiths, A. Lopes Colombo, D. Denning   +2 more
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Clinical and Demographic Features of Paracoccidioidomycosis in Argentina: A Multicenter Study Analysis of 466 Cases

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Information on paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) in Argentina is fragmented and has historically been based on estimates, supported only by a series of a few reported cases. Considering the lack of global information, a national multicentric study in order to
Gustavo Giusiano, Fernanda Tracogna, Gabriela Santiso, Florencia Rojas, Fernando Messina, Vanesa Sosa, Yone Chacón, Maria de los Ángeles Sosa, Javier Mussin, María Emilia Cattana, Andrea Vazquez, Patricia Formosa, Norma Fernández, Milagros Piedrabuena, Ruth Valdez, Florencia Davalos, Mariana Fernández, Alejandra Acuña, Alejandra Aguilera, Liliana Guelfand, Javier Afeltra, Guillermo Garcia Effron, Gladys Posse, Susana Amigot, Julian Serrano, Otilia Sellares, Christian Álvarez, Gloria Pineda, Susana Carnovale, Laura Zalazar, Cristina Canteros   +30 more
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Paracoccidioidomycosis – description of two cases autochthonous in Ceará

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010
Paracoccidioidomycosis is endemic in most countries of Latin America. Brazil has the greatest number of cases, with no autochthonous case registered in the state of Ceará. The cases of two patients that had never gone outside the State of Ceará and lived
Mônica Cardoso Façanha, Anastácio de Queiroz Souza, Vaulice Sales Café, Bodo Wanke   +3 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, EarlyView.
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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Clinical Patterns of Osteoarticular, Bone Marrow and Urogenital Paracoccidioidomycosis

Mycoses, Volume 69, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is an endemic systemic mycosis in Latin America, classically characterized by pulmonary, mucosal and lymphatic involvement. Extrapulmonary manifestations affecting uncommon organs remain poorly characterized and may contribute to diagnostic delay and adverse outcomes. Methods We conducted a retrospective
Wdson Luis Lima Kruschewsky, Mariane Cappellini Stricagnolo, Mônica Scarpelli Martinelli Vidal, Gil Benard, Vítor Falcão de Oliveira, Tiago Alexandre Cocio, Adriana Satie Gonçalves Kono Magri, Marcello Mihailenko Chaves Magri   +7 more
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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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Histoplasma Urinary Antigen for the Diagnosis Histoplasmosis in Non‐HIV Individuals

Mycoses, Volume 69, Issue 5, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Histoplasmosis is an endemic mycosis in the Americas. While urinary Histoplasma antigen enzyme immunoassay testing (HAET) has been validated mainly in HIV‐infected patients with disseminated disease, its performance in HIV‐negative populations with heterogeneous clinical presentations is unclear.
João Nobrega de Almeida Jr, Tamara Harb Roca, Denise dos Anjos Laurentis de Souza Campos, Renée Zon Filippi, Cristóvão Luis P. Mangueira, Marines Dalla Valle Martino   +5 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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Targeting the P10 Peptide in Maturing Dendritic Cells via the DEC205 Receptor In Vivo: A New Therapeutic Strategy against Paracoccidioidomycosis

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic mycosis caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, a thermally dimorphic fungus, which is the most frequent endemic systemic mycosis in many Latin American countries, where ~10 million people are believed to be ...
Suelen S. Santos, Eline Rampazo, Carlos P. Taborda, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Silvia B. Boscardin, Sandro R. Almeida   +5 more
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Clinical and epidemiological features of paracoccidioidomycosis due to Paracoccidioides lutzii

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
Background The fungus Paracoccidioides lutzii was recently included as a new causative species of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) and most cases have been reported from Brazil. According to available epidemiological information, P. lutzii is concentrated in
R. Hahn, A. M. Rodrigues, Paula Portella Della Terra, A. F. Nery, Hugo Dias Hoffmann-Santos, Hellen Meira Góis, C. Fontes, Z. D. de Camargo   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source