Paracoccidioidomycosis

Historical Evolution of the Knowledge on Paracoccidioidomycosis and Its Etiologic Agent, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (C.S. Lacaz). Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: Morphology, Evolutionary Cycle, Maintenance During Saprophytic Life, Biology, Virulence, Taxonomy (C.S. Lacaz). Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: Ultrastructural Findings (F.Q.T. Filho). Biochemistry of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Dimorphism (G. San-Blas and F. San-Blas). Immunochemistry of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Antigens (L.R. Travassos). Experimental Paracoccidioidomycosis (K.I.R. Coelho, J. Defaveri, M.T. Rezkallah-Iwasso, and M.T.S. Peraçoli). Epidemiology and Paracoccidioidomycosis Infection (B. Wanke and A.T. Londero). Ecology of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (A. Restrepo-Moreno). Pathology (M.R. Montenegro and M. Franco). Immunogenetics in Paracoccidioidomycosis (V.L.G. Calich, L.M. Singer-Vermes, M. Russo, C.A.C. Vaz, and E. Burger). Cellular Immunity (C. Musatti, M.T. Peraçoli, A.M.V.C. Soares, and M.T. Rezkallah-Iwasso). Humoral Immunity (Z.P. Camargo and L.E. Cano). Pathogenesis (R. Negroni). Interaction of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis with Host Defense Cells (E. Brummer). General Clinical Aspects. Polar Forms of Paracoccidioidomycosis: The Disease in Childhood (G. Del Negro, C.S. Lacaz, V.A. Zamith, and A.M. Siqueira). The Gamut of Clinical Manifestations (R.P. Mendes). Cutaneous Lesions (S.A. Marques). Oropharyngolaryngeal Lesions (L.J. Paiva and C.S. Lacaz). Pulmonary Lesions: Clinical and Functional Aspects (O.R. Ratto and J.E. Afonso). Roentgenographic Patterns of Chest Lesions: The Use of Computerized Tomography in Paracoccidioidomycosis (A.E.A. Magalhães and R. Guerrini). Digestive Tract Lesions (R. Martinez). Adrenocortical Involvement (M. Tendrich, B. Wanke, G. Del Negro, and B.L. Wajchenberg). Lymph Node Involvement (A. Padilha-Gonçalves). Neuroparacoccidioidomycosis (J.P.S. Nóbrega and A.S.-F. Netto). Bone and Joint Lesions (R.P. Mendes). Mycologic Diagnosis (C.S. Lacaz). Serodiagnosis (M.J.S. Mendes-Giannini, G. Del Negro, and A.M. Siqueira). Other Laboratory Test: Hematologic and Biochemical Changes (R. Martinez). Treatment and Control of Cure (R.P. Mendes, R. Negroni, and A. Arechavala). Paracoccidioidomycosis Associated with Immunosuppression, AIDS, and Cancer (S.A. Marques and M.A. Shikanai-Yasuda).