title: Paracoccidioidomycosis in women.
abstract: A retrospective review of paracoccidioidomycosis cases seen between January 1966 to January 1997 revealled 27 of the 627 cases occurred in women (male to female ratio 27.3:1). Data for 23 of these 27 cases demonstrated the protective effect of female hormones.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Microbiologia Clínica, Santa Casa, Porto Alegre, Brazil. severo@santacasa.tche.br.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Severo
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Roesch
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Londero