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.
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Vol. 14. Issue 1.
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Paracoccidioidomycosis – description of two cases autochthonous in Ceará
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Mônica Cardoso Façanha1,
, Anastácio de Queiroz Souza2, Vaulice Sales Café3, Bodo Wanke4
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1 Physician, Doctor in Pharmacology, Master in Infectious and Parasitary Diseases, Professor of Infectious Diseases in Federal University of Ceará
2 Physician at São José Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Professor of the Department of Clinical Medicine in Federal University of Ceará
3 Physician, Chief of the Microbiology Laboratory of Walter Cantídio University Hospital, Federal University of Ceará
4 Physician, Titular Researcher of Evandro Chagas Institute of Clinical Research from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro-RJ
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Keywords:
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Ceará
systemic mycosis
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