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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1996-3696</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista del Instituto de Medicina Tropical]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Inst. Med. Trop.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1996-3696</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Medicina Tropical]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1996-36962023000200045</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/imt/2023.18.2.7</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Paracoccidoidomicosis: Reporte de 4 casos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Paracoccidoidomycosis: Report of 4 cases]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rolón-Lopez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julio César]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Peralta-Giménez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ruth]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura Pamela]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rojas-Mazacotte]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Librada Soledad]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gómez-Sanchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Gabriel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cuevas-Bogado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Milena Monserrat]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social Hospital Nacional de Itauguá Departamento de Medicina Interna]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Itauguá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Itapúa Facultad de Medicina Posgrado en Medicina Interna]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Encarnación ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>18</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>45</fpage>
<lpage>50</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1996-36962023000200045&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1996-36962023000200045&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1996-36962023000200045&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La paracoccidioidomicosis (PCM) es una infección causada por hongos patógenos humanos del género Paracoccidioides. Es una micosis sistémica que puede afectar cualquier órgano. Se describen con este reporte cuatro casos de paracoccidioidomicosis con diferentes presentaciones clínicas, tiempo de evolución, con afectación mucocutánea, pulmonar, glándulas suprarrenales, sistema nervioso entre otros, principalmente en adultos varones de diferentes edades y profesiones, tanto inmunosuprimidos como inmunocompetentes, teniendo en común el contacto con el suelo. Se demuestra de esta manera la importancia de considerar esta patología ante una sospecha clínica de micosis sistémica para así realizar una confirmación temprana y tratamiento oportuno ya que presenta buena respuesta terapéutica antimicótica y mejoría clínica.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ 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.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[micosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Paracoccidioides]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[paracoccidioidomicosis. Enfermedades Pulmonares Fúngicas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mycoses]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Paracoccidioid]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[paracoccidioidomycosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Lung Diseases]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Fungal]]></kwd>
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