Disseminated mycosis in a patient with yellow fever

• Main Authors: Gustavo Vieira Rodrigues Maciela (Author), Marcelo Combat de Faria Tavares (Author), Leonardo Soares Pereira (Author), Guilherme Lima Castro Silva (Author), Neimy Ramos de Oliveira (Author), Eduardo Paulino Júnior (Author), Marcelo Antonio Pascoal-Xavier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Disseminated mycosis (DM)-with cardiac involvement and shock-is an unexpected and severe opportunistic infection in patients with yellow fever. DM can mimic bacterial sepsis and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of causes of systemic inflammatory response syndrome in this group of p...