Epidemiology of endemic systemic fungal infections in Latin America

AL Colombo, A Tobón, A Restrepo… - Medical …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Although endemic mycoses are a frequent health problem in Latin American countries,
clinical and epidemiological data remain scarce and fragmentary. These mycoses have a …

Osteoarticular mycoses

MN Gamaletsou, B Rammaert, B Brause… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Osteoarticular mycoses are chronic debilitating infections that require extended courses of
antifungal therapy and may warrant expert surgical intervention. As there has been no …

Antifungal and antioxidant activity of fatty acid methyl esters from vegetable oils

MEA Pinto, SG Araújo, MI Morais, NP Sa… - Anais da Academia …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) were obtained from vegetable oils of soybean, corn and
sunflower. The current study was focused on evaluating the antifungal activity of FAMEs …

Paracoccidioidomycosis: what we know and what is new in epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment

PM Peçanha, PM Peçanha-Pietrobom… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic mycosis endemic to Latin America caused by
thermodimorphic fungi of the genus Paracoccidioides. In the last two decades, enhanced …

Paracoccidioidomycosis: eco-epidemiology, taxonomy and clinical and therapeutic issues

AL Bocca, AC Amaral, MM Teixeira, PK Sato… - Future …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Acquired by inhalation of the thermal dimorphic fungi Paracoccidioides spp. conidia,
paracoccidioidomycosis ranges from symptomatic to severe and potentially fatal …

Hormones and the resistance of women to paracoccidioidomycosis

J Shankar, A Restrepo, KV Clemons… - Clinical microbiology …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Paracoccidioidomycosis, one of the most important endemic and systemic mycoses in Latin
America, presents several clinical pictures. Epidemiological studies indicate a striking rarity …

Endemic paracoccidioidomycosis: relationship between clinical presentation and patients' demographic features

F Bellissimo-Rodrigues, VR Bollela… - …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic fungal disease endemic to Latin America and
characterized by two clinical presentations, ie, patients develop either acute/subacute or …

Molecular Tools for Detection and Identification of Paracoccidioides Species: Current Status and Future Perspectives

BG Pinheiro, RC Hahn, ZP Camargo, AM Rodrigues - Journal of fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a mycotic disease caused by the Paracoccidioides
species, a group of thermally dimorphic fungi that grow in mycelial form at 25° C and as …

Pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis

A Restrepo, G Benard, CC de Castro… - … in respiratory and …, 2008 - thieme-connect.com
Paracoccidioidomycosis (formerly known as South American blastomycosis) is produced by
the thermally dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Most often this mycosis runs a …

The case for paracoccidioidomycosis to be accepted as a neglected tropical (fungal) disease

J Griffiths, A Lopes Colombo… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The World Health Organization's (WHO) neglected tropical disease (NTD) portfolio is a
diverse group of diseases with profound impacts on affected populations. The diseases are …