Few among the millions of fungal species fulfill four basic conditions necessary to infect
humans: high temperature tolerance, ability to invade the human host, lysis and absorption …

Fungi must meet four criteria to infect humans: growth at human body temperatures,
circumvention or penetration of surface barriers, lysis and absorption of tissue, and …

Background: This review article summarizes and updates the knowledge on
paracoccidioidomycosis. P lutzii and the cryptic species of P. brasiliensis and their …

Acquired by inhalation of the thermal dimorphic fungi Paracoccidioides spp. conidia,
paracoccidioidomycosis ranges from symptomatic to severe and potentially fatal …

Background Histoplasma capsulatum comprises a worldwide complex of saprobiotic fungi
mainly found in nitrogen/phosphate (often bird guano) enriched soils. The microconidia of …

Background Paracoccidioidomycosis is a systemic mycosis caused by Paracoccidioides
brasiliensis (species S1, PS2, PS3), and Paracoccidioides lutzii. This work aimed to …

Abstract The family Ajellomycetaceae (Onygenales) includes mammal-associated
pathogens within the genera Blastomyces, Emmonsia, Histoplasma and Paracoccidioides …

Awareness of the natural ecological processes provided by organisms that benefit human
well‐being has significantly progressed towards the goal of making conservation a …

The knowledge on the biological aspects of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis has evolved
greatly since the first description of the disease in 1908. From the pioneers, who were able …

Paracoccidioidomycosis is a subacute or chronic systemic mycosis caused by
Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, a soil saprophyte and thermally dimorphic fungus. The …