Current Nomenclature of Paracoccidioides lobogeorgii's Disease Name. Comment on Grotta et al. Fungal Density in Lobomycosis in French Guiana: A Proposal for a New Clinico-Histological and Therapeutic Classification. J. Fungi 2023, 9, 1005

Raquel Vilela^{1

2}, Leonel Mendoza^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Farmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Brazil.
² Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 28824-1046, USA.
³ Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 28824-1046, USA.

Raquel Vilela et al. J Fungi (Basel). 2023.

. 2023 Dec 28;10(1):18.

doi: 10.3390/jof10010018.

Raquel Vilela^{1

2}, Leonel Mendoza^{2

3}

¹ Faculty of Farmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Brazil.
² Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 28824-1046, USA.
³ Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 28824-1046, USA.

Abstract

We have read the article by Grotta and collaborators [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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