Paracoccidioidomycosis

Paracoccidioidomycosis is a mycosis caused by the fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Sometimes called South American blastomycosis, paracoccidioidomycosis is caused by a different fungus than that which causes blastomycosis. (From the Wikpedia article Paracoccidioidomycosis.)

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Recent Publications on Paracoccidioidomycosis:
Molecular diagnosis of leishmaniosis in the Parana state of southern Brazil. The objective of the present study was to establish a polymerase chain...	19th July, 2008	Laboratorio de Parasitologia Molecular do Departamento de Patologia Basica	Exp Dermatol. 2008 Jul 7;. DOI Direct Link
Histoplasmosis: A Study of 158 Cases in Venezuela, 2000-2005. Histoplasmosis, a granulomatous disease caused by Histoplasma capsulatum,...	16th July, 2008	From Seccion de Micologia Medica "Dr. Dante Borelli" (SM-E, MTC, AR, CHdC,	Medicine (Baltimore). 2008 Jul;87(4):193-202. DOI Direct Link
VACCINATION WITH HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60 INDUCES A PROTECTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST EXPERIMENTAL Paracoccidioides brasiliensis PULMONARY INFECTION. Paracoccidioides brasiliensis causes a chronic granulomatous mycosis...	16th July, 2008	Laboratorio de Biologia Molecular, ICBII, Universidade Federal de Goias,	Infect Immun. 2008 Jul 14;. DOI Direct Link
Role of Interleukin (IL)-18 in experimental paracoccidioidomycosis. Interleukin (IL)-18 has been regarded as a Th1 type cytokine involved in...	9th July, 2008	Departments of Biochemistry and Immunology.	Med Mycol. 2008 Mar 7;:1-8. DOI Direct Link
Deficiency of IL-12p40 subunit determines severe paracoccidioidomycosis in mice. Paracoccidioidomycosis, the major systemic mycosis in Latin America, is...	9th July, 2008	Departments of Biochemistry and Immunology, University of Sao Paulo.	Med Mycol. 2008 Mar 12;:1-10. DOI Direct Link
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Paracoccidioidomycosis Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
6420373	9-N-Bicyclic nuceoside agents useful as selective inhibitors of proinflammatory cytokines
6583136	Antifungal ethers
6613926	Perchloramido phosphonyl reagents and analogs thereof
6664231	Anti-fungal peptides
6682900	Serological diagnosis of Chagas' disease
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