[Clinical-epidemiologic profile of paracoccidioidomycosis at the Stomatology Department of São Lucas Hospital, Pontificia Universidade Católica of Rio Grande do Sul].

Abstract

The aim of the article was to describe clinical and epidemiological features of 61 oral paracoccidioidomycosis cases from the Stomatology Department of São Lucas Hospital, analyzed from July 1976 to June 2004. The State of Rio Grande do Sul is an endemic region due to ecoepidemiologic conditions, that are favorable for the development of the yeast. Men are the most affected gender, with 58 (95%) affected compared to 3 (5%) women. Ii is most prevalent (70.5%) between 40 and 59 years of age. Agricultural labor was the most common occupation with 27/61 (44.3%) patients. Tobacco smoking was prevalent in 52 (85.3%) of the sample, and alcoholism was a frequent finding. All the patients showed stomatologic manifestations, with ulcers and mulberry-like stomatitis the most prevalent, these oral lesions were also observed in many anatomical sites. Alterations were present in 32 (65.3%) of the pulmonary radiographs.

• Authors: Flaviana Dornela Verli, Sandra Aparecida Marinho, Sílvio Correa de Souza, Maria Antonia Zancanaro de Figueiredo, Liliane Soares Yurgel
• Journal: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Rev Soc Bras Med Trop) 2005 May-Jun Vol. 38 Issue 3 Pg. 234-7 ISSN: 0037-8682 [Print] Brazil
• Vernacular Title: Perfil clínico-epidemiológico dos pacientes portadores de paracoccidioidomicose no Serviço de Estomatologia do Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.
• PMID: 15895174 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Brazil (epidemiology)
• Female
• Humans
• Incidence
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Mouth Diseases (epidemiology, microbiology, pathology)
• Paracoccidioidomycosis (complications, epidemiology, pathology)
• Retrospective Studies