Table 1 Papers on clinical and eco-epidemiology of paracoccidioidomycosis in Colombia since 2000
Year | Type of paper | Details of the study, Clinical and epidemiological characteristics | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Case report | A 24 year-old male farmer with an enlarging mass in the right testicle, retroperitoneal and inguinal nodules, pancreatic infiltration and hepatosplenomegaly due to juvenile PCM. The patient was resident of the rural area of the municipality of Tarso, department of Antioquia. | [19] |
2000 | Case report | A 55 year-old male with Multifocal PCM, who presented with neurological symptoms and an ulcerated granulomatous lesion in the abdomen. The patient lived in the city of Medellín, department of Antioquia, but in his younger years, was a farmer in a rural region. | [20] |
2002 | Case series | Six patients with adrenal insufficiency from a registry of 207 patients from the archives of the Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), in Medellín, department of Antioquia. Average age 67.2 years, they were residents of rural area, five of them were farmers and smokers. | [21] |
2003 | Case series | Follow-up for pulmonary abnormalities in 47 itraconazole-treated patients with PCM. Fibrosis was observed in 31.8% of the patients at diagnosis and developed de novo in 25% of the patients. | [22] |
2005 | Phylogenetic Study | Determination of at least three distinct species of PCM: S1, PS2, and PS3 (apparently restricted to regions of Colombia). | [23] |
2005 | Ecological study | First report of P. brasiliensis isolation from the spleen of a naked-tailed armadillo Cabassous centralis captured in a coffee farm localized in a Colombian endemic area for PCM. | [24] |
2007 | Case report | Autopsy diagnosis of a 63-year-old man patient, resident of the rural area of the municipality of Lebrija, department of Santander, with pulmonary, lymphatic and adrenal PCM. | [25] |
2008 | Retrospective cohort study | 63 patients diagnosed and treated between 1978 and 2005 in the city of Medellín. 65.1% had mucosal lesions, 38.1% had Odynophagia and dysphagia, all patients had lung interstitial infiltrates and fibrosis was recorded in 46%. | [26] |
2009 | 2 cases | Report of two cases of adrenal insufficiency secondary to infiltration of the adrenal glands. The case 2 lived in the city of Medellín, but with a history of previous residence in Venezuela | [27] |
2010 | Cross-sectional study: 28 patients. | Evaluation of the status of the adrenal gland function after completion of antifungal therapy of patients with PCM who had been treated earlier at the CIB: 7.1% showed adrenal insufficiency. Average age 55.3 years, all were male patients, 39.3% were farmers and 85.7% were smokers, 60.7% had chronic multifocal form, 21.4% had sub-acute form, and 17.9% had the chronic unifocal form. | [28] |
2010 | Case report | A 31-year-old HIV infected male patient, Embera Catío indigenous, resident of rural area of the municipality of Tarazá (department of Antioquia), works as a coca leaf scraper and with a history of smoking; presenting with simultaneous co-infection by Histoplasma capsulatum and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. | [29] |
2011 | Case report | 56-year-old male with Multifocal chronic PCM, residing in an urban area of the city of Cali (department of Valle del Cauca); he had emigrated from a wooded region of the city of Pasto (department of Nariño) where he performed agricultural and carpentry tasks. | [30] |
2011 | Case series | A descriptive case series study aimed at determining the type and frequency of opportunistic diseases in HIV/AIDS patients: 1 case with co-infection by P. brasiliensis. | [31] |
2014 | Case report | A 12-year-old woman with disseminated juvenile PCM diagnosed in an urban area of Bogotá, Colombia. | [32] |
2015 | Case report | A 69-year-old HIV infected male patient with a CD4 T-cell count of 23 cells/mL, presenting with Cutaneous PCM. He was a farmer in a rural area of the department of Antioquia. | [33] |
2016 | Case report | A 10-year-old man from the rural area of the municipality of Yotoco, department of Valle del Cauca, presenting with subacute lymphatic PCM. | [34] |
2017 | Case report | 67-year-old male with pulmonary PCM, resident of the rural area of the municipality of Aratoca, department of Santander, worked as a farmer, with a history of smoking. | [35] |
2018 | Case report | 49-year-old male, coffee grower, from City of Acevedo, department of Huila, with a history of smoking, presenting with Multifocal chronic PCM. | [36] |