Detection of Anti-Paracoccidioides brasiliensis antibodies in suspected tuberculosis patients = Detecção de anticorpos anti-Paracoccidioides brasiliensis em pacientes suspeitos de tuberculose

• Main Authors: Maria Luiza Dias Fraga Peron (Author), Terezinha Inez Estivalet Svidzinski (Author), Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira (Author), Cristina Padre Cardoso (Author), Fernanda Luiza Espinosa Spositto (Author), Rosilene Fressatti Cardoso (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is an important systemic mycosis in LatinAmerica that occurs as active disease in 1-2% of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infected people. Like PCM, tuberculosis (TB) affects mainly the lungs and the clinical and radiological aspects do notalways allow differentiation betw...