Cecal appendicitis as a rare manifestation of paracoccidioidomycosis: a case report and systematic review of the literature

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic mycosis endemic to Latin America, with the acute/subacute form predominantly affecting children and young adults. Cases of cecal appendicitis caused by <italic>Paracoccidioides</italic> spp. have rarely been reported. This study aimed to describe the clinical manifestations and evolution of a case of cecal appendicitis due to PCM and to conduct...

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• Actinomycetales infections and treatment
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Environmental Microbiology
• Fungi
• Host-Pathogen Interactions
• Infectious Disease Case Reports and Treatments
• Phenotype
• Treatment Outcome

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Literature Corpus work

13930218-6ad3-55fd-9153-a19bcadc13f4

DOI

10.21203/rs.3.rs-6147795/v1