Paracoccidioidomycosis: description of two cases autochthonous in Ceará

University of Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
São José Hospital of Infectious Diseases. Fortaleza, CE, Brazil / University of Ceará. Department of Clinical Medicine. Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Federal University of Ceará. Walter Cantídio University Hospital. Microbiology Laboratory. Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Paracoccidioidomycosis
Ceará
Systemic mycosis

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Elsevier

Citation

FAÇANHA, Mônica Cardoso et al. Paracoccidioidomycosis: description of two cases autochthonous in Ceará. Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, v. 14, n. 1, p. 86-88, 2010.

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10.1590/S1413-86702010000100017

ISSN

1413-8670

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/37403

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2020-11-27

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