Paracoccidioidomycosis and its etiologic agent Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the causative agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, a systemic mycosis endemic to Latin America. In this paper we review clinical, therapeutic and immunological aspects of the disease, as well as the biology and ecology of the fungus, restricting the review to the period 1989-1992.
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Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (IVIC), Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Caracas.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007843:Latin America / Q000453:epidemiology; D010228:Paracoccidioides / Q000187:drug effects / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012698:Serologic Tests; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014774:Virulence
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination