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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Dimorphic fungus.
- At 37°C appears as an oval to round yeast cell variable in size, 4-40 μm.
- The classic "ship’s wheel" structure [Fig 1] represents a mother cell surrounded by narrow base budding daughter cells.
- Four different phylogenetic species (S1, PS2, PS3, PS4) confined to particular endemic regions.
- Autochthonous disease from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
- Countries where there have been no reports of paracoccidioidomycosis (PM) include:
- Central America: Belize and Nicaragua
- South America: Chile, French Guiana, Guiana, and Suriname
- Countries where there have been no reports of paracoccidioidomycosis (PM) include:
- Paracoccidioides lutzzi causes a similar disease in humans, cases of PM due to P. lutzzi have only been reported in Brazil and Ecuador.
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Last updated: May 30, 2016
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Fabre, Valeria. "Paracoccidioides Brasiliensis." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2016. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540662/all/Paracoccidioides_brasiliensis.
Fabre V. Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2016. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540662/all/Paracoccidioides_brasiliensis. Accessed October 16, 2019.
Fabre, V. (2016). Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540662/all/Paracoccidioides_brasiliensis
Fabre V. Paracoccidioides Brasiliensis [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2016. [cited 2019 October 16]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540662/all/Paracoccidioides_brasiliensis.
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