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DECREASING PREVALENCE OF THE ACUTE/SUBACUTE CLINICAL FORM OF PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS IN MATO GROSSO DO SUL STATE, BRAZIL
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Fabris, Larissa Rodrigues Andrade, Úrsulla Vilella Santos, Aline Ferreira Dos Marques, Ana Paula Da Costa de Oliveira, Sandra Maria Do Valle Leone Mendes, Rinaldo Pôncio Paniago, Anamaria Mello Miranda |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | With the objective to evaluate the behavior of paracoccidioidomycosis in the last three decades, clinical and epidemiological data of 595 patients admitted to clinical services of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul from 1980 to 2009 were investigated. Gender, age distribution, clinical form, comorbidity with tuberculosis or AIDS, and mortality were compared by decades of clinical admission. It was shown that during the three decades there was a decrease in women percentage, and the same manner occurred a reduction in participants in the age group of 20 to 39 years. Moreover, the acute/subacute forms have been diminished in the period. These fluctuations are closely related and can be simultaneously analyzed. Increased AIDS co-infection prevalence from the first to the second decade was also revealed, coinciding with the appearance of the retroviral epidemic and stabilizing during the third decade. No change in the tuberculosis co-infection rate was observed (overall = 6.9%). It reinforces the importance of this co-morbidity. The overall mortality rate remained steady at 6.7%, not varying significantly from one decade to another. The persistent mortality rate calls attention to the importance of this neglected disease. |
| Related Links | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rimtsp/v56n2/0036-4665-rimtsp-56-02-121.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4085850/pdf http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&pid=S0036-46652014000200121&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en |
| Ending Page | 125 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| Starting Page | 121 |
| e-ISSN | 16789946 |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0036-46652014000200006 |
| Journal | Revista Do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 56 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) |
| Publisher Date | 2014-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Revista Do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo Infectious Diseases Paracoccidioidomycosis |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
