title: Paracoccidioidomycosis in an HIV-positive patient: a case report with gingival aspects.
abstract: Paracoccidioidomycosis is an important deep mycosis, endemic in some areas of the South American countryside, with great incidence in males bearing rural activities, being unusual in urban developed centres. Cell-mediated immunity is the main host defence against the P. brasiliensis, and HIV-positive patients have been increasingly affected by the disease, although only a few reports are available in the literature. We present a case of paracoccidiodomicosis in an HIV-positive female, with unusual clinical history and histopathological aspects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Giovani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mantesso
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Loducca
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Magalhães
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis*