| paracoccidioidomycosis: an epidemiologic survey in a pediatric population from the brazilian amazon using skin tests. | since paracoccidioides brasiliensis and histoplasma capsulatum are known to be present in similar environments, there have been many epidemiologic investigations regarding the prevalences of these two organisms. however, cross-reactivity can occur in paracoccidioidin and histoplasmin skin tests, and this usually results in the overestimation of the prevalence of p. brasiliensis. the prevalence of infection with p. brasiliensis was evaluated in a cross-sectional study of 298 asymptomatic school c ... | 2004 | 15238694 |
| study of 30 cases of histoplasmosis observed in the mato grosso do sul state, brazil. | thirty cases of histoplasmosis observed at the university hospital of the federal university of mato grosso do sul (hu-ufms) from january 1998 to december 2005 are reported. most (83.3%) of the patients were men, average 33.4 years old, 63.3% of them were born and living in mato grosso do sul and 83.3% presented aids as an underlying disease. in almost all cases (96.7%) the disease occurred in its disseminated form and the most frequent clinical manifestations were: fever (83.3%), weight loss (7 ... | 2007 | 17384818 |
| [systemic mycosis: factors associated with death among patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, cuiabá, state of mato grosso, brazil, 2005-2008]. | between 2005 and 2008, the prevalence of systemic mycosis among 1,300 hiv/aids patients in cuiabá, mato grosso, was 4.6%. the fungus species isolated were cryptococcus neoformans in 50%, cryptococcus gattii in 1.6%, cryptococcus spp in 6.6%, histoplasma capsulatum in 38.3% and paracoccidioides brasiliensis in 3.3%. death was recorded in the cases of 32 patients (53.3%), and cryptococcosis was the main cause. the cd4+ t lymphocyte count was low and similar among patients who survived or died due ... | 2009 | 20209358 |