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Disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis in a liver transplant patient
Valentim, Flávia de Oliveira; Tsutsui, Giuliane Minami; Abbade, Luciana Patrícia Fernandes; Marques, Silvio Alencar.
  • Valentim, Flávia de Oliveira; Universidade Estadual Paulista. Faculty of Medicine. Botucatu. BR
  • Tsutsui, Giuliane Minami; Universidade Estadual Paulista. Faculty of Medicine. Botucatu. BR
  • Abbade, Luciana Patrícia Fernandes; Universidade Estadual Paulista. Faculty of Medicine. Botucatu. BR
  • Marques, Silvio Alencar; Universidade Estadual Paulista. Faculty of Medicine. Botucatu. BR
An. bras. dermatol ; 96(3): 346-348, May-June 2021. graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-1285064
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Abstract Paracoccidioidomycosis is an endemic systemic mycosis caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis complex and P. lutzii. It is a rare disease in non-HIV-induced immunosuppressed individuals. In organ transplant recipients, it is more frequently associated with immunosuppression after kidney transplantation. In a liver transplant patient, only one case has been published in the literature to date. The present report comprises the case of a 47-year-old female patient with disseminated skin lesions associated with signs and symptoms of systemic involvement of paracoccidioidomycosis that manifested one year after liver transplantation and under an immunosuppression regimen with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Paracoccidioides / Paracoccidioidomycosis / Kidney Transplantation / Liver Transplantation Limits: Female / Humans Language: English Journal: An. bras. dermatol Journal subject: Dermatology Year: 2021 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade Estadual Paulista/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Paracoccidioides / Paracoccidioidomycosis / Kidney Transplantation / Liver Transplantation Limits: Female / Humans Language: English Journal: An. bras. dermatol Journal subject: Dermatology Year: 2021 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade Estadual Paulista/BR