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Synonyms: Paracoccidioidomycosis, South American blastomycosis, Brazilian blastomycosis, Paraccocidioidal granuloma, Lutz-Splendore-de-Almeida disease, Almeida disease


Adolfo Lutz, a Brazilian physician, first discovered Paracoccidioides brasilensis in 1908. In 1912, another Brazilian physician, Luigi Splendore, described features of the fungus and changed its name to Zimonema brasiliense. At last, physician Floriano de Almeida in 1930 created the genre Paracoccidioides to accommodate the species, and stating its difference from paracocidioides immitis. Based on the duration of symptoms, paracoccidioidomycosis may be classified into acute, subacute or chronic. Paracoccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. It is very common mycotic infection in South and Central America.

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