Systemic paracoccidioidomycosis with central nervous system involvement

A clinical case of a patient bearing systemic paracoccidioidomycosis with regional ganglionic and oral exposure and later pulmonary envolvement is presented. The patient was treated with especific drugs (amphotericin B, itraconazole, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim) and followed throughout a 6-year period and eventually died showing an extensive envolvement of the central nervous system.

Paracoccidioidomycosis; Central nervous system