Paracoccidioidomycosis associated with acquired immunodificiency syndrome: report of seven cases
Keywords:
AIDS, Epidemiology, P. brasiliensis, ParacoccidioidomycosisAbstract
We report the clinical findings and evolution of seven patients (five men and two women), the majority of them intravenous drug users, with paracoccidioidomycosis associated to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). In four of the patients the paracoccidioidomycosis was restricted to the lung and in the three others was generalized with cutaneous involvement. Only two of them had lived recently in rural area, an indication of the possible reactivation of latent focal infection in the other five patients. The recognition of the role of cell-mediated immunity in host defense against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis leds to the prediction of a growing occurrence of the paracoccidioidomycosis-AIDS association in areas that are endemic for these diseases.Downloads
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Published
1995-06-01
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Case Report
How to Cite
Marques, S. A., Conterno, L. de O., Sgarbi, L. P., Villagra, A. M. P., Sabongi, V. P., Bagatin, E., & Gonçalves, V. L. (1995). Paracoccidioidomycosis associated with acquired immunodificiency syndrome: report of seven cases . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 37(3), 261-265. https://revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/29272