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Major histocompatibility complex and central nervous system involvement by paracoccidioidomycosis.
The Journal of infection - 1 Aug 2005
de Almeida Sergio Monteiro, Rebelatto Carmen Lúcia Kuniyoshi, Queiroz-Telles Flavio, Werneck Lineu Cesar
Abstract excerpt
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease, whose etiologic agent is the fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. The central nervous system (CNS) involvement with paracoccidioidomycosis (NPCM) occurs more frequently than has been admitted in the past. There are some major histocompatibility complex antigen association studies with systemic paracoccidioidomycosis. Some indicate a...
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