Disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis with peripleuritis in an AIDS patient

Paracoccidioidomycosis is one of the most frequent systemic and endemic mycoses of Latin America caused by a dimorphic fungus. In AIDS patients, paracoccidioidomycosis appears as a severe and disseminated disease with a wide spectrum of clinical findings. The CD4 counts are usually less than 200 cel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marcelo Corti, María F. Villafañe, Ricardo Negroni, Omar Palmieri
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2004
Subjects:
Paracoccidioidomycosis
AIDS
Peripleuritis
Subcutaneous abscess
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/74ca56c0af3e406da6490e36e9cbf792
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Summary:Paracoccidioidomycosis is one of the most frequent systemic and endemic mycoses of Latin America caused by a dimorphic fungus. In AIDS patients, paracoccidioidomycosis appears as a severe and disseminated disease with a wide spectrum of clinical findings. The CD4 counts are usually less than 200 cell/mu L. We present a case of disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis with peripleuritis and subcutaneous abscesses on the chest wall as initial manifestation of AIDS. In endemic countries, paracoccidioidomycosis should be included as an opportunistic infection in AIDS.

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