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Image: Blastomycosis01.png| This male patient from the country of Brazil presented with a fungal infection of the face affecting his right eye, upper lip, nares, and tongue. The infection, known as paracoccidioidomycosis, which is also known as Lutz-Splendore-Almeida disease, or Brazilian blastomycosis, is caused by the fungal organism, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is a dimorphic species of fungus responsible for paracoccidioidomycosis.[1] While the route of infection is assumed to be via inhalation, the environmental habit of P. brasiliensis is unknown.[2] Notably, the organism produces multiple blastoconidia from a single cell. Paracoccidioides brasiliensis causes mucus ulceration of mouth and nose with lymph spread.
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This male patient from the country of Brazil presented with a fungal infection of the face affecting his right eye, upper lip, nares, and tongue. The infection, known as paracoccidioidomycosis, which is also known as Lutz-Splendore-Almeida disease, or Brazilian blastomycosis, is caused by the fungal organism, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [3]
References
- ↑ Ryan KJ, Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed. ed.). McGraw Hill. pp. p. 683. ISBN 0838585299.
- ↑ Restrepo A, McEwen JG, Castañeda E (2001). "The habitat of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: how far from solving the riddle?". Med. Mycol. 39 (3): 233–41. PMID 11446526.
- ↑ "Public Health Image Library (PHIL)".
External links
- Paracoccidioides at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/jan2005.html
- http://speciesfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=258811