Paracoccidioidomycosis: current status and future trends

RC Hahn, F Hagen, RP Mendes, E Burger… - Clinical microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), initially reported in 1908 in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, by
Adolpho Lutz, is primarily a systemic and neglected tropical mycosis that may affect …

Re-drawing the maps for endemic mycoses

N Ashraf, RC Kubat, V Poplin, AA Adenis, DW Denning… - Mycopathologia, 2020 - Springer
Endemic mycoses such as histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis,
paracoccidioidomycosis, and talaromycosis are well-known causes of focal and systemic …

New trends in paracoccidioidomycosis epidemiology

R Martinez - Journal of fungi, 2017 - mdpi.com
Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal disease occurring in Latin America and more
prevalent in South America. The disease is caused by the dimorphic fungus …

Epidemiology of paracoccidioidomycosis

R Martinez - Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
The epidemiological characteristics of paracoccidioidomycosis were reviewed and updated.
The new endemic areas in Brazil were discussed in the section regarding the geographic …

Paracoccidioides-host Interaction: An Overview on Recent Advances in the Paracoccidioidomycosis

HC De Oliveira, PA Assato, CM Marcos… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and P. lutzii are etiologic agents of paracoccidioidomycosis
(PCM), an important endemic mycosis in Latin America. During its evolution, these fungi …

Paracoccidioides Genomes Reflect High Levels of Species Divergence and Little Interspecific Gene Flow

H Mavengere, K Mattox, MM Teixeira, VE Sepúlveda… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The fungus Paracoccidioides is a prevalent human pathogen endemic to South America.
The genus is composed of five species. In this report, we use 37 whole-genome sequences …

Oral paracoccidioidomycosis: Retrospective analysis of 55 Brazilian patients

AH Trindade, HC Meira, IF Pereira, JCT de Lacerda… - Mycoses, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a rare fungal infection in the world, but endemic and
acquired exclusively in Latin America, with the highest prevalence in South America and …

[HTML][HTML] Oral paracoccidioidomycosis in a single-center retrospective analysis from a Brazilian southeastern population

LM Dutra, THM Silva, A Falqueto, PM Peçanha… - Journal of infection and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is the most prevalent endemic systemic fungal
infection in Latin America. In Brazil, it stands out as the eighth-highest cause of mortality …

[HTML][HTML] Oral paracoccidioidomycosis in a non-endemic region from Brazil: a short case series

JD Prado - Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Although the paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is endemic in Brazil, the
occurrence in most states from the North and Northeastern Brazil is very unusual. The aim of …

Oral paracoccidioidomycosis affecting women: a systematic review

MC Costa, MM de Carvalho, FF Sperandio… - Mycoses, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is an infection caused by fungi of the genus
Paracoccidioides and is marked by a strong predilection for men; nevertheless, some …