Paracoccidioidomycosis (South American blastomycosis): a report of an imported case previously diagnosed as tuberculosis.
A case of paracoccidioidomycosis, previously treated for tuberculosis for two years, is reported. Combined treatment with oral ketoconazole and sulfamethoxypyridazine was successful. The problem of a low index of suspicion among physicians for tropical mycoses, which are very rarely observed in Italy, is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014687:Venezuela