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Tropical lung, Jazmin Ordoñez, Bibliograpfy: Blair, J., & Ampel, N.…

- - - - Fever, productive cough, chest pain, chills, headache
    - - Fever, weight loss, hepatoesplenomegaly, hematologic disturbances
    - - Often asymptomatic
  - - - The presence of the H inmunodiffusion band means active disease
      - The presence of the M band does not discriminate between current or remote infection
- - - - Involve multiple organs: lymph node, liver, spleen hypertrophy and skin lesions
      - Diagnosed in children, young adults and AIDS patients
      - Fever, weight loss, lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly
    - - Presence of seqelae originating in the previously infected fibrous tissues (Lungs, adrenal glands and mucosae)
    - - Is the most common of the clinical presentations
      - Diagnosed in older patients
      - Important lung involvement and frequent lesions in the mucosae, skin, adrenal, and other sites.
      - Fever, asthenia, general malaise, weight loss
    - - Latent infection
      - Clinically asymptomatic process for years
  - - - Budding yeast cells are found in lesions
    - - Anti-P. brasiliensis antibodies
    - - Paracoccidioides can be visualized in sputum, abscess fluid, biopsy, lymph nodes
- - - - Headache, cough, shortness of breath, weight loss, chest pain, fever, fatigue