Paracoccidioidomycosis in women.
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.
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Laboratório de Microbiologia Clínica, Santa Casa, Porto Alegre, Brazil. severo@santacasa.tche.br.
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