Bilateral paracoccidioidomycotic iliopsoas abscess associated with ileo-colonic lesion

This case report shows the clinical development of a patient with systemic paracoccidioidomycosis presenting with lymphatic-intestinalmanifestation. The patient initially had a substantial clinical improvement but had a recrudescence after six months of sulfamethoxazoletrimethoprim oral treatment, w...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Helena Duani, Vinícius Rodrigues Taranto Nunes, Anísio Borges Assumpção, Isadora Sofia Borges Saraiva, Rodrigo Macedo Rosa, Augusto Motta Neiva, Ênio Roberto Pietra Pedroso
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012
Subjects:
Paracoccidioidomicose
Abscesso do psoas
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822012000500021
https://doaj.org/article/3c35f8db04724347a224644cf8410b65
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Summary:This case report shows the clinical development of a patient with systemic paracoccidioidomycosis presenting with lymphatic-intestinalmanifestation. The patient initially had a substantial clinical improvement but had a recrudescence after six months of sulfamethoxazoletrimethoprim oral treatment, with the emergence of feverish syndrome, lumbar pain, and intermittent claudication, characterizing a bilateral iliopsoas muscle abscess, necessitating clinicosurgical therapeutics.

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