Article
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis disseminated disease in a patient with inherited deficiency in the beta1 subunit of the interleukin (IL)-12/IL-23 receptor.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Aug 2005
Moraes-Vasconcelos Dewton de, Grumach Anete S, Yamaguti Augusto, Andrade Maria Elisa B, Fieschi Claire, de Beaucoudrey Ludovic, Casanova Jean-Laurent, Duarte Alberto J S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is a facultative intracellular dimorphic fungus that causes paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), the most important deep mycosis in Latin America. Only a small percentage of individuals infected by P. brasiliensis develop clinical PCM, possibly in part because of genetically determined interindividual variability of host immunity. However, no primary immunodeficiency has ever...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
