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A case of an acute pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis following the use of immunosuppressive therapy in a solid cancer patient is reported.
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Severo, L.C., Londero, A.T., Geyer, G.R. et al. Acute pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis in an immunosuppressed patient. Mycopathologia 68, 171–174 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00578525
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