Catalog
Paracoccidioidomycosis
Link to WHO Definition
Paracoccidioidomycosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/268777657
A disease caused by an infection with the fungi Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. This disease commonly presents with fever, toxaemia, weight loss, adenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, anaemia, or eosinophilia. This disease may present with symptoms similar to tuberculosis, leukaemia, or lymphoma. Transmission is by inhalation of fungal spores. Confirmation is by identification of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in a blood, sputum, or skin sample.
Parents
Children
- 1F2E.0 Pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis
- Colitis due to paracoccidioides
- Mucocutaneous paracoccidioidomycosis
- Pulmonary fibrosis due to chronic paracoccidioidomycosis
- Fibrosis of upper airways and oropharynx due to paracoccidioidomycosis
- Hypoadrenalism and adrenal failure due to paracoccidioidomycosis
- Extrapulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis
- 1F2E.1 Disseminated paracoccidioidomycosis