Juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis in urban area: report of two cases

We present two cases of juvenile form of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), a systemic mycosis frequently found in rural areas, whose prognosis is poor in children and young adults. They are a 14-year-old boy and a 25-year-old woman, both residents in an urban area in São Paulo – Brazil, without any hist...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo da Costa Carneiro, Bianca Grassi de Miranda, Carlos Camilo Neto, Marina K. Tsukumo, Cibele L.C. Fonseca, João Silva de Mendonça
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867010700155