Gastrointestinal paracoccidioidomycosis: an overview.
Paracoccidioidomycosis is the most prevalent mycosis in Latin America. Although the lungs are the primary site of infection, physicians often see patients because of disseminated disease. Imported paracoccidioidomycosis has been described in different regions of the world in patients who lived in endemic areas. Gastrointestinal disease owing to P. brasiliensis is rarely recognized in life because of nonspecific clinical manifestations. Gastrointestinal disease can present as part of progressive dissemination of infection or as a result of local complications from a silent healing process. This review will summarize the salient features of gastrointestinal paracoccidioidomycosis.
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. lgoldani@ufrgs.br
Luciano Z
LZ
Goldani
D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010228:Paracoccidioides / Q000187:drug effects / Q000472:pathogenicity; D010229:Paracoccidioidomycosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology
D000935:Antifungal Agents