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

• Main Authors: Priscila Marques de Macedo (Author), Rodrigo Almeida-Paes (Author), Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas (Author), Andréa Gina Varon (Author), Ariane Gomes Paixão (Author), Anselmo Rocha Romão (Author), Ziadir Francisco Coutinho (Author), Claudia Vera Pizzini (Author), Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira (Author), Antonio Carlos Francesconi do Valle (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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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 releva...