Paracoccidioidomycosis natural history, complications and prognosis

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Overview

The symptoms of acute/subacute PMC is usually develop in children and young adults, under 35 years. Start with inespecific symptoms such as:
- superficial node enlargement
- deep lymph node enlargement
The symptoms of PMC chronic usually develop in the third decade of life, eventhough the infection can be acquired in the first decade of life ^[1].... Start with symptoms such as ___. The symptoms of (disease name) typically develop ___ years after exposure to ___. Without treatment, the patient will develop symptoms of ___, which will/ may eventually lead to ___.

The infection can be adquired in the first decade of life. PMC infection has no manifested symptoms. ^[2]

Paracoccidioidomycosis develops sequelae frequently:

↑ Vargas J, Vargas R. Paracoccidiodomicosis. Rev. enferm. infecc. trop.2009(1):49-56
↑ Fortes MR, Miot HA, Kurokawa CS, Marques ME, Marques SA (2011). "Immunology of paracoccidioidomycosis". An Bras Dermatol. 86 (3): 516–24. PMID 21738969.
↑ Wanke B, Aidê M. Chapter 6 - Paracoccidioidomycosis. J. bras. pneumol. 2009; 35(12):1245-1249
↑ Francesconi F, da Silva MT, Costa RL, et al. Long-term outcome of neuroparacoccidioidomycosis treatment. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2011;44(1):22-25