Paracoccidioidomycosis – description of two cases autochthonous in Ceará

Façanha, Mônica Cardoso; Souza, Anastácio de Queiroz; Café, Vaulice Sales; Wanke, Bodo

doi:10.1016/S1413-8670(10)70017-9

The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1413-8670

The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases is the official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (SBI). It aims to publish relevant articles in the broadest sense on all aspects of microbiology, infectious diseases and immune response to infectious agents.
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Paracoccidioidomycosis is endemic in most countries of Latin America. Brazil has the greatest number of cases, with no autochthonous case registered in the state of Ceará. The cases of two patients that had never gone outside the State of Ceará and lived at least some years in the municipality of Palmácia.

Keywords:

Paracoccidioidomycosis

Ceará

systemic mycosis

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