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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| author | Rodrigo da Costa Carneiro Bianca Grassi de Miranda Carlos Camilo Neto Marina K. Tsukumo Cibele L.C. Fonseca João Silva de Mendonça |
| author_facet | Rodrigo da Costa Carneiro Bianca Grassi de Miranda Carlos Camilo Neto Marina K. Tsukumo Cibele L.C. Fonseca João Silva de Mendonça |
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| description | 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 history of travelling to an endemic area. They have been admitted to the hospital due to fever, weight loss and lymphadenopathy. The diagnosis was confirmed by serologic and histopathologic study. Patients have recovered after therapy with oral itraconazole and were discharged from hospital, maintaining outpatient visits. In this article, the authors discuss the unusual presentation of PCM in an urban area. Keywords: juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis, lymphadenopathy, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, urban area |
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| spelling | doaj.art-470a3ad49d4e407b8b2779a0eb27cbc52022-12-21T19:47:29ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1413-86702010-01-011417780Juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis in urban area: report of two casesRodrigo da Costa Carneiro0Bianca Grassi de Miranda1Carlos Camilo Neto2Marina K. Tsukumo3Cibele L.C. Fonseca4João Silva de Mendonça5Residents of Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual; Correspondence to: Resident of Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual, Rua Pedro de Toledo, n. 1800, CEP 04039-004, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Telephone/Fax number: 55 11 55491565.Residents of Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital do Servidor Público EstadualResident of Pathology Department, Hospital do Servidor Público EstadualPreceptors of Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital do Servidor Público EstadualPreceptors of Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital do Servidor Público EstadualDirector of Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital do Servidor Público EstadualWe 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 history of travelling to an endemic area. They have been admitted to the hospital due to fever, weight loss and lymphadenopathy. The diagnosis was confirmed by serologic and histopathologic study. Patients have recovered after therapy with oral itraconazole and were discharged from hospital, maintaining outpatient visits. In this article, the authors discuss the unusual presentation of PCM in an urban area. Keywords: juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis, lymphadenopathy, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, urban areahttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867010700155 |
| spellingShingle | Rodrigo da Costa Carneiro Bianca Grassi de Miranda Carlos Camilo Neto Marina K. Tsukumo Cibele L.C. Fonseca João Silva de Mendonça Juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis in urban area: report of two cases Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| title | Juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis in urban area: report of two cases |
| title_full | Juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis in urban area: report of two cases |
| title_fullStr | Juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis in urban area: report of two cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis in urban area: report of two cases |
| title_short | Juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis in urban area: report of two cases |
| title_sort | juvenile paracoccidioidomycosis in urban area report of two cases |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867010700155 |
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