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[Paracoccidioidomycosis in children in Belem, Para]
E R Fonseca1, P P Pardal, L C Severo
1Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brasil.
Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical
|February 3, 1999
Abstract:
During the period from January/85 to July/96, 102 cases of paracoccidioidomycosis were observed in a hospital in Belém, PA. Thirteen of these cases were children between 3 and 13 years of age, with a predominance of females (8:5). All patients presented the disseminated subacute form of the mycosis. The high prevalence of the mycosis in children in endemic areas of the Amazon region is discussed.