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Acute juvenile Paracoccidioidomycosis: A 9-year cohort study in the endemic area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Mar 2017
de Macedo Priscila Marques, Almeida-Paes Rodrigo, Freitas Dayvison Francis Saraiva, Varon Andréa Gina, Paixão Ariane Gomes, Romão Anselmo Rocha, Coutinho Ziadir Francisco, Pizzini Claudia Vera, Zancopé-Oliveira Rosely Maria, Francesconi do Valle Antonio Carlos
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic mycosis caused by pathogenic dimorphic fungi of the genus Paracoccidioides. It is the most important systemic mycosis in Latin America and the leading cause of hospitalizations and death among them in Brazil. Acute PCM is less frequent but relevant because vulnerable young patients are affected and the severity is usually higher than that of the chronic type....
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