title: 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.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Saúde Coletiva, UNISANTOS, Universidade Católica de Santos, SP, Brazil. mcaseiro@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Marcos Montani
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Caseiro
authors.forename: Arnaldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Etzel
authors.forename: Maria Cecilia B
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Sergio Olavo Pinto da
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Costa
mesh_terms: 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*