Abstract

ROLON-LOPEZ, Julio César et al. Paracoccidoidomycosis: Report of 4 cases. Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. [online]. 2023, vol.18, n.2, pp.45-50. ISSN 1996-3696.  https://doi.org/10.18004/imt/2023.18.2.7.

ABSTRACT

Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is an infection caused by human pathogenic fungi of the genus Paracoccidioides. This report describes: 4 cases of paracoccidioidomycosis diagnosed with different clinical presentations, different times of evolution, with mucocutaneous, pulmonary, adrenal gland, and nervous system involvement, among others, mainly in male adults of different ages and professions, both immunosuppressed and immunocompetent, having in common contact with the ground. In this way, PCM is a systemic mycosis that can affect any organ and therefore the importance of considering this pathology when a diagnostic suspicion of systemic mycosis is presented in order to make an early diagnosis and timely treatment since it presents a good therapeutic response, antifungal and clinical improvement.

Keywords : mycoses; Paracoccidioid; paracoccidioidomycosis; Lung Diseases; Fungal.

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