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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
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COVID-19 and acute juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis coinfection

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
A 19-year-old male patient was admitted to the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fiocruz, on 10 March 2020 complaining of an 8-month history of progressive weight loss; multiple cervical, axillary, and inguinal lymph node ...
P. M. de Macedo, D. Freitas, A. Varón, C. Lamas, Livia Cristina Fonseca Ferreira, A. D. Freitas, M. T. Ferreira, E. Nunes, M. Siqueira, V. Veloso, A. C. D. do Valle   +10 more
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Analysis of Aspergillus spp. Isolates According to Temporal–Spatial, Sociodemographic, and Clinical Variables—Microsatellite Typing of Clinical and Environmental Samples of Aspergillus fumigatus in a University Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Mycoses, Volume 69, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Typing Aspergillus species is crucial for understanding the sources of infection in hospital environments. Objectives This study analysed clinical and air samples as well as their relationship with the clinical forms of aspergillosis.
Claudia de Abreu Fonseca, Ricardo Araujo, Vivian Caso Coelho, Carlos Henrique Camargo, Marcello Mihailenko Chaves Magri, Adriana Lopes Motta, Marina Farrel Côrtes, Ana Carolina Mamana, Marjorie Vieira Batista, Daniel Valério da Silva Moreira, Ana Paula Croce, Mauro Cintra Giudice, André Nathan Costa, Sergio Eduardo Demarzo, Alexandra Gomes dos Santos, Thais Guimarães, Vera Lucia Teixeira de Freitas, Sílvia Figueiredo Costa, Maria Aparecida Shikanai Yasuda   +18 more
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Paracoccidioidomycosis

Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2022
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), initially reported in 1908 in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, by Adolpho Lutz, is primarily a systemic and neglected tropical mycosis that may affect individuals with certain risk factors around Latin America, especially Brazil.
Hahn, Rosane Christine, Hagen, Ferry, Mendes, Rinaldo Poncio, Burger, Eva, Nery, Andreia Ferreira, Siqueira, Nathan Pereira, Guevara, Armando, Rodrigues, Anderson Messias, Camargo, Zoilo Pires de   +8 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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Infrared Spectroscopy as a Promising Tool for Diagnosing and Typing Human Pathogenic Fungi

Mycoses, Volume 69, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Fungal infections are increasingly recognised as a global health challenge, responsible for millions of cases annually and substantial mortality, especially in immunocompromised individuals. Yet, the diagnosis of these infections remains notoriously difficult, often delayed by slow culture‐based methods or hindered by the high cost and ...
Anthony G. J. Medeiros, Ayrton L. F. Nascimento, Luana Rossato, Daniel Assis Santos, Nalu Teixeira de Aguiar Peres, Reginaldo Goncalves de Lima Neto, Jacques F. Meis, Kássio M. G. Lima, Rafael Wesley Bastos   +8 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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Galectin-3 Inhibits Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Growth and Impacts Paracoccidioidomycosis through Multiple Mechanisms

Msphere, 2019
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is the most prevalent systemic mycosis in Latin America. Although the immune mechanisms to control PCM are still not fully understood, several events of the host innate and adaptive immunity are crucial to determine the ...
Otavio Hatanaka, C. P. Rezende, P. Moreno, F. Freitas Fernandes, Patrícia Kellen Martins Oliveira Brito, R. Martinez, C. Coelho, M. Roque-Barreira, A. Casadevall, Fausto Almeida   +9 more
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