Paracoccidioidomycosis in children with different skeletal involvement.

نویسندگان

  • N A Rosario Filho
  • F Q Telles Filho
  • O Costa
  • L P Marinoni
چکیده

The disease is rare in childhood. In one study of 1,899 patients, 70 (3.68%) were less than 14 years and only 5 (0.26%) were below 7 years of age 2 . In our Institution, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 614 cases of paracoccidioi­ domycosis have been diagnosed. Among them there were 23 children (4.07%) aged less than 14 years. It is an essentially lymphatic disease in children, with additional gastrointestinal and skeletal involvement. Unlike adults, children seldom develop the pulmonary form of the disease.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

دوره 27 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1985