Paracoccidioidomycosis and its etiologic agent<i>Paracoccidioides brasiliensis</i>

Abstract

Paracoccidioides brasiliensis is the causative agent of paracoccidioidomycosis, a systemic mycosis endemic to Latin America. In this paper we review clinical, therapeutic and immunological aspects of the disease, as well as the biology and ecology of the fungus, restricting the review to the period 1989-1992.