Acute paracoccidioidomycosis worsened by immunosuppressive therapy due to a misdiagnosis of Crohn's disease.

Acute paracoccidioidomycosis worsened by immunosuppressive therapy due to a misdiagnosis of Crohn's disease.

Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic mycosis endemic in Latin America, mostly in Brazil. The involvement of the gastrointestinal tract is uncommon and usually associated with the acute form. Recently, a cluster of acute PCM cases has been described in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We report a 42-yea...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Mastrangelo Marinho Falcão, Manuela da Costa Medeiros, Andrea D Ávila Freitas, João Carlos de Almeida Soares, Maria Inês Fernandes Pimentel, Leonardo Pereira Quintella, Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas, Priscila Marques de Macedo, Antônio Carlos Francesconi do Valle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011023

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