Paracoccidioidomycosis due to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis S1 plus HIV co-infection

BACKGROUND Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is one of the most important systemic mycoses in Latin America and the leading fungal cause of mortality in non-immunosuppressed individuals in Brazil. However, HIV/PCM co-infection can increase the clinical severity in these co-infected patients. This co-infe...

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Main Authors: Priscila Marques de Macedo, Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Marcos de Abreu Almeida, Rowena Alves Coelho, Hugo Boechat Andrade, Ana Beatriz Teixeira Brandão Camello Ferreira, Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira, Antonio Carlos Francesconi do Valle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762018000300167&lng=en&tlng=en