Septicemia caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (Lutz, 1908) as the cause of death of an AIDS patient from Santos, São Paulo State, Brazil--a nonendemic area.
The first case of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in Santos (Brazil) leading to septicemia and death of an HIV-positive patient is reported here. The patient was a 34-year-old female that presented essential fever and was only diagnosed after death by positive blood culture. The authors underscore the atypical nature of the case, since the patient was a female at fertile age who was born and had always lived in Santos, which is a nonendemic area for this infection.
Caseiro
Marcos Montani
MM
Saúde Coletiva, UNISANTOS, Universidade Católica de Santos, SP, Brazil. mcaseiro@uol.com.br
Etzel
Arnaldo
A
Soares
Maria Cecilia B
MC
Costa
Sergio Olavo Pinto da
SO
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D016469:Fungemia / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D010228:Paracoccidioides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000150:complications*