Made available in DSpace on 2019-10-06T16:02:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-10-01; National Physical Laboratory; Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic disease caused by thermodymorphic fungi of the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis complex, (Paracoccidioides spp.). Patients with PCM reveal specific cellular immune impairment. Despite the effective treatment, quiescent fungi can lead ...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:22:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-08-01; The sensitivity of the double agar gel immunodiffusion test is about 90% in patients with untreated paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), but it is much lower in cases of relapse. In addition, serum from patients with PCM caused by Paracoccidioides lutzii, frequent in the Midwest region of Brazil, do not react ...