Endemic regions of paracoccidioidomycosis in Brazil: A clinical and epidemiologic study of 584 cases in the southeast region

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dc.contributor.authorBlotta, Maria Heloisa de Souza Lima [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorMamoni, Ronei Luciano
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Sara Jesus
dc.contributor.authorNouer, Simone A.
dc.contributor.authorPapaiordanou, Priscila MO
dc.contributor.authorGoveia, Alexandre
dc.contributor.authorCamargo, Zoilo Pires de [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-15T13:46:00Z
dc.date.available2018-06-15T13:46:00Z
dc.date.issued1999-09-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper describes the clinical-seroepidemiologic characteristics of patients with paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) who visited the University Hospital at the State University of Campinas (Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil). The study group consisted of 584 individuals (492 males and 92 females) with ages ranging from 5 to 87 years. The highest incidence of the disease occurred between the ages of 41 and 50 years for men and between 11 and 40 years for women. Rural activities were the principal occupation of 46% of the patients. The diagnosis was confirmed by histopathologic examination and demonstration of fungus in scrapings, secretions, or in the sputum. Serologic test results for PCM were positive in 80% of the 584 patients studied. The significant number of patients, including 33 children less than 14 years old, indicates the presence of the fungus in the area and that this region is an important endemic area for PCM.en
dc.description.affiliationState Univ Campinas, Fac Med Sci, Dept Clin Pathol, Campinas, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationState Univ Campinas, Fac Med Sci, Dept Infect Dis, Campinas, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Parasitol, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniv Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Parasitol, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.format.extent390-394
dc.identifierhttp://www.ajtmh.org/content/61/3/390.abstract
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene. Mclean: Amer Soc Trop Med & Hygiene, v. 61, n. 3, p. 390-394, 1999.
dc.identifier.issn0002-9637
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/42475
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000082697800009
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmer Soc Trop Med & Hygiene
dc.relation.ispartofAmerican Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.titleEndemic regions of paracoccidioidomycosis in Brazil: A clinical and epidemiologic study of 584 cases in the southeast regionen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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