Disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis prediagnosticated as neoplasm: An important challenge in diagnosis using rt-PCR

Disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis prediagnosticated as neoplasm: An important challenge in diagnosis using rt-PCR

This paper presents a case of disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis in a 62-year-old male patient, who lives in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. The patient was hospitalized with icteric syndrome of cholestatic pattern and weight loss, with loss 30 kg in 5 months. The imaging of the abdomen showed lesion o...

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Main Authors: Fabiana Rocha-Silva, Cássio Ferreira Guimarães, Edmundo Rocha de Oliveira Júnior, Sônia Maria de Figueiredo, Rachel Basques Caligiorne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Subjects:
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
P. lutzii
Molecular markers
rt-PCR Diagnosis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753917300490

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