paracoccidioidomycosis
Also known as Mucocutaneous-lymphangitic paracoccidioidomycosis, Mucocutaneous-lymphangitic paracoccidioidomycosis (disorder), Paracoccidioidomycosis (disorder), Paracoccidioidomycosis NOS (disorder), Paracoccidioidomycosis, unspecified (disorder), paracoccidioidal mycosis, PCM
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), also known as South American blastomycosis, is a fungal infection that can occur as a mouth and skin type, lymphangitic type, multi-organ involvement type (particularly lungs), or mixed type. If there are mouth ulcers or skin lesions, the disease is likely to be widespread. There may be no symptoms, or it may present with fever, sepsis, weight loss, large glands, or a large liver and spleen.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Paracoccidioidomycosis
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- Paracoccidioides histopathology
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- Infectious disease
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- South American blastomycosis, Brazilian blastomycosis, Lutz-Splendore-de Almeida disease,
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Fever, sepsis, weight loss, large glands, large liver and spleen, mouth ulcers, skin lesions.
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- Mucocutaneous, lymphatic, multi-organ
- Medical condition (new).causes
- Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
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- Sampling of blood, sputum, or skin
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- Tuberculosis, leukaemia, lymphoma
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13 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Juvenile (acute/subacute) form
- Adult (chronic) form
- Cause
- Mechanism
- Diagnosis
- Differential diagnosis
- Treatment
- Epidemiology
- History
- See also
- References
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Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), also known as South American blastomycosis, is a fungal infection that can occur as a mouth and skin type, lymphangitic type, multi-organ involvement type (particularly lungs), or mixed type. If there are mouth ulcers or skin lesions, the disease is likely to be widespread. There may be no symptoms, or it may present with fever, sepsis, weight loss, large glands, or a large liver and spleen.
The cause is fungi in the genus Paracoccidioides, including Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Paracoccidioides lutzii, acquired by breathing in fungal spores.