Bone Marrow Involvement in a Patient with Paracoccidioidomycosis: A Rare Presentation of Juvenile Form
- 7 May 2010
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Mycopathologia
- Vol. 170 (4) , 259-261
Abstract
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis rarely shows bone marrow involvement and its response to treatment with itraconazole in children needs further assessment. We describe here a child with a juvenile disseminated form of paracoccidioidomycosis, which showed reticuloendothelial system involvement and the presence of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in the bone marrow. The patient showed an effective and rapid response to itraconazole therapy.Keywords
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