Paracoccidioidomycosis classification
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Overview
Overview
Paracoccidioidomycosis may be classified based on the onset and duration of symptoms. Paracoccidioidomycosis may be classified into: acute, subacute or chronic. The chronic form can be further subclassified into: unifocal and multifocal.[1][2]
Classification
Classification
- Patients have no clinical manifestations
- Positive reaction to the paracoccidioidin skin test
Paracoccidioides disease
- Acute form (Juvenile)
- Usually affects patients under 35 years
- Chronic form (Adult)
- Unifocal: Affects one organ or system
- Multifocal: Affects two or more organs or systems
Residual form (Sequela)
- Most frequently, chronic pulmonary obstructive disease
References
References
- ↑ de Oliveira HC, Assato PA, Marcos CM, Scorzoni L, de Paula E Silva AC, Da Silva Jde F; et al. (2015). “Paracoccidioides-host Interaction: An Overview on Recent Advances in the Paracoccidioidomycosis”. Front Microbiol. 6: 1319. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01319. PMC 4658449. PMID 26635779.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fortes MR, Miot HA, Kurokawa CS, Marques ME, Marques SA (2011). “Immunology of paracoccidioidomycosis”. An Bras Dermatol. 86 (3): 516–24. PMID 21738969.
- ↑ Marques S. Paracoccidiodomicose: atualização epidemiológica, clínica, diagnóstica e terapêutica. An. Bras. Dermatol.2013;88(5):700-711
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