Acute juvenile Paracoccidioidomycosis: A 9-year cohort study in the endemic area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic mycosis caused by pathogenic dimorphic fungi of the genus Paracoccidioides. It is the most important systemic mycosis in Latin America and the leading cause of hospitalizations and death among them in Brazil. Acute PCM is less frequent but relevant because vulnerable young patients are affected and the severity is usually higher than that of the chronic type.

Methods

The authors performed a retrospective cohort study from 2001 to 2009 including acute juvenile PCM patients from a reference center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Clinical, epidemiological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic data were reported.

Results

Twenty-nine patients were included. The average age was 23 years old and the male to female ratio was

SUBMITTER: de Macedo PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5386294 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature