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Paracoccidioides
A mitosporic fungal genus. P. brasiliensis (previously Blastomyces brasiliensis) is the etiologic agent of PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS.
(Source: National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification)
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For Figure 1, please refer to the Contributing Authors page for the list of IDSA 2007 case contributors. This image and the related case were originally presented at the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2007 Annual Meeting during an interactive session on Fellows' Day. Copyright 45th Annual Meeting of Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), 2007. Used with permission.
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  1. National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification

National Library of Medicine MeSH Classification

Eukaryota
Fungi
Mitosporic Fungi
Acremonium
Alternaria
Aspergillus
Beauveria
Blastomyces
Botrytis
Brettanomyces
Candida
Chrysosporium
Cladosporium
Coccidioides
Colletotrichum
Cryptococcus
Duddingtonia
Epidermophyton
Exophiala
Fusarium
Geotrichum
Gliocladium
Helminthosporium
Histoplasma
Kloeckera
Lacazia
Madurella
Malassezia
Metarhizium
Microsporum
Neotyphodium
Paecilomyces
Paracoccidioides
Penicillium
Phialophora
Pyricularia grisea
Rhizoctonia
Rhodotorula
Scedosporium
Scopulariopsis
Sporothrix
Stachybotrys
Trichoderma
Trichophyton
Trichosporon
Verticillium