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Paracoccidioidomycosis
Occupational Disease Paracoccidioidomycosis
Paracoccidioidomycosis Category Infection, Occupational
Paracoccidioidomycosis Severity
Chronic
Paracoccidioidomycosis Synonyms
South American blastomycosis; Paracoccidioidal granuloma infection
Information on Paracoccidioidomycosis Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Screening and Imaging
Findings include pulmonary infiltrates, lymphadenopathy, and ulcers of the skin and mouth. [Chin, p. 369] Tree cutters are at risk in rural Brazil. The most common case pattern is inapparent lung infection and then dissemination to the skin and mucous membranes; sometimes infection spreads to lymph nodes, liver, spleen, bone, brain, and intestines. In a less common pattern, the disease appears as lung infiltrates which resolve or develop into chronic cavitary lesions. [Wald, p. 534-5]
Paracoccidioidomycosis Latency
1 month to many years
Paracoccidioidomycosis References
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1731.htm