A scoping study of pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis: severity classification based on radiographic and tomographic evaluation

Abstract The lungs have great importance in patients with paracoccidioidomycosis since they are the portal of entry for the infecting fungi, the site of quiescent foci, and one of the most frequently affected organs. Although they have been the subject of many studies with different approaches, the...

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Published in:Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
Main Authors: Sergio Marrone Ribeiro, Thiago Franchi Nunes, Ricardo de Souza Cavalcante, Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago, Beatriz Aparecida Soares Pereira, Rinaldo Poncio Mendes
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SciELO 2022
Subjects:
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Paracoccidioides sp
Severity classification
Radiographic evaluation
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Toxicology. Poisons
RA1190-1270
Zoology
QL1-991
Arctic
The Portal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-9199-jvatitd-2022-0053
https://doaj.org/article/a9b07fa0d0fc4583b562f9765fbb1ba0
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Summary:Abstract The lungs have great importance in patients with paracoccidioidomycosis since they are the portal of entry for the infecting fungi, the site of quiescent foci, and one of the most frequently affected organs. Although they have been the subject of many studies with different approaches, the severity classification of the pulmonary involvement, using imaging procedures, has not been carried out yet. This study aimed to classify the active and the residual pulmonary damage using radiographic and tomographic evaluations, according to the area involved and types of lesions.

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