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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Eyer-Silva WA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5608563 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
IDCases 20170914
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic granulomatous disease caused by <i>Paracoccidioides brasiliensis</i> or <i>P. lutzii</i>. It is a neglected tropical infectious disease that poses a major public health burden in endemic areas of Latin America. Mucosae of the upper digestive and respiratory tracts are commonly involved and many patients have disease at multiple mucosal sites, with or without lung involvement. Mucosal PCM presenting as solitary true vocal fold disease is relatively rare. ...[more]