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Synonyms: Paracoccidioidomycosis, South American blastomycosis, Brazilian blastomycosis, Paraccocidioidal granuloma, Lutz-Splendore-de-Almeida disease, Almeida disease
Paracoccidioidomycosis is an infection caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. It is very common mycotic infection in South and Central America. [1] 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. [2] Based on the duration of symptoms, paracoccidioidomycosis may be classified into acute, subacute or chronic.
Paracoccidiodomycosis is an endemic disease that tends to affect agriculture workers in South and Central America. Men are more commonly affected than women. The countries with the greatest number of patients are: Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina. [3]
- ↑ Paracoccidioidomycosis. Wikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracoccidioidomycosis. Accessed on January 12, 2015
- ↑ Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Wikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracoccidioides_brasiliensis#cite_note-6. Accessed on January 12, 2015
- ↑ de Oliveira HC, Assato PA, Marcos CM, Scorzoni L, de Paula E Silva AC, Da Silva Jde F; et al. (2015). "Paracoccidioides-host Interaction: An Overview on Recent Advances in the Paracoccidioidomycosis". Front Microbiol. 6: 1319. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01319. PMC 4658449. PMID 26635779.