PMID- 24948940
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150204
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1678-4405 (Electronic)
IS  - 1517-8382 (Print)
IS  - 1517-8382 (Linking)
VI  - 45
IP  - 1
DP  - 2014
TI  - Paracoccidioidomycosis in southern Rio Grande do Sul: a retrospective study of 
      histopathologically diagnosed cases.
PG  - 243-7
AB  - Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic mycosis caused by the fungus 
      Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and is endemic to Brazil. The aim of this study was 
      to perform a retrospective analysis of the PCM cases in the countryside south of 
      Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The files from four histopathology laboratories 
      located in the city of Pelotas were obtained, and all of the epidemiological and 
      clinical data from the PCM diagnosed cases were collected for analysis. A total 
      of 123 PCM cases diagnosed between 1966 and 2009 were selected. Of these 
      patients, 104 (84.5%) were male, and 17 were female. The patients ranged from 02 
      to 92 years of age. Fifty-two cases (41.9%) were obtained from the oral pathology 
      laboratory, and the remaining 71 cases (58.1%) were obtained from the three 
      general pathology laboratories. Of all of the patients studied, 65.2% lived in 
      rural zones and worked in agriculture or other related fields. Data on the 
      evolution of this disease was available for 43 cases, and the time frame ranged 
      from 20 to 2920 days (mean = 572.3 days). An accurate diagnosis performed in less 
      than 30 days only occurred in 21% of the cases. PCM is endemic to the countryside 
      of Rio Grande do Sul. Therefore, it is recommended that PCM be included as a 
      differential diagnosis, mainly for individuals between 30 and 60 years of age, 
      living in rural zones and who have respiratory signs and associated-oropharyngeal 
      lesions.
FAU - de Souza, Silvana Pereira
AU  - de Souza SP
AD  - Faculdade de Odontologia Universidade Federal de Pelotas PelotasRS Brazil.
FAU - Jorge, Valeria Magalhaes
AU  - Jorge VM
AD  - Faculdade de Odontologia Universidade Federal de Pelotas PelotasRS Brazil ; Santa 
      Casa de Misericordia de Pelotas PelotasRS Brazil.
FAU - Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski
AU  - Xavier MO
AD  - Faculdade de Medicina Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Rio GrandeRS Brazil ; 
      Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias da Saude Universidade Federal do Rio Grande 
      Rio GrandeRS Brazil.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20140519
PL  - Brazil
TA  - Braz J Microbiol
JT  - Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for 
      Microbiology]
JID - 101095924
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Distribution
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Brazil/epidemiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Endemic Diseases
MH  - Female
MH  - Histocytochemistry
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Paracoccidioides/*isolation & purification
MH  - Paracoccidioidomycosis/*epidemiology/pathology
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Rural Population
MH  - Sex Distribution
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC4059305
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
OT  - epidemiology
OT  - systemic mycosis
EDAT- 2014/06/21 06:00
MHDA- 2015/02/05 06:00
PMCR- 2014/06/19
CRDT- 2014/06/21 06:00
PHST- 2012/05/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/09/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/06/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/06/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/02/05 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2014/06/19 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - bjm-45-243 [pii]
AID - 10.1590/s1517-83822014000100035 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Braz J Microbiol. 2014 May 19;45(1):243-7. doi: 10.1590/s1517-83822014000100035. 
      eCollection 2014.