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==[[Paracoccidioidomycosis historical perspective|Historical Perspective]]==
==[[Paracoccidioidomycosis historical perspective|Historical Perspective]]==
=Overview=
Lutz-Splendore-de Almeida disease is named for the physicians Adolfo Lutz, Alfonso Splendore, and Floriano Paulo de Almeida, who first characterized the disease in Brazil in the early 20th century. <ref> Paracoccidioidomycosis. Wikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracoccidioidomycosis. Accessed on January 12, 2015</ref>
=Historical Perspective=
Paracoccidioidomycosis (also known as Lutz-Splendore-Almeida disease or Brazilian blastomycosis) is a mycosis caused by the fungus by the thermally dimorphic fungus: ''Paracoccidioides brasiliensis'' and ''Paracoccidioides lutzii''. <ref name="pmid26635779">{{cite journal| author=de Oliveira HC, Assato PA, Marcos CM, Scorzoni L, de Paula E Silva AC, Da Silva Jde F et al.| title=Paracoccidioides-host Interaction: An Overview on Recent Advances in the Paracoccidioidomycosis. | journal=Front Microbiol | year= 2015 | volume= 6 | issue=  | pages= 1319 | pmid=26635779 | doi=10.3389/fmicb.2015.01319 | pmc=PMC4658449 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26635779  }} </ref> Sometimes called South American blastomycosis, paracoccidioidomycosis is caused by a different fungus than that which causes blastomycosis. It is very common mycotic infection in South and Central America. The habitat of the infectious agent is not known, but appears to be aquatic. In biopsies, the fungus appears as a polygemulating yeast with a pilot's wheel-like appearance. <ref> Paracoccidioidomycosis. Wikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracoccidioidomycosis. Accessed on January 12, 2015</ref>


==[[Paracoccidioidomycosis classification|Classification]]==
==[[Paracoccidioidomycosis classification|Classification]]==

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