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. 2024 Jul;67(7):e13761.
doi: 10.1111/myc.13761.

Impact of COVID-19 on paracoccidioidomycosis. Which was the most influential: The pandemic or the virus?

Gustavo Giusiano  1   2 , Fernanda Tracogna  3 , Fernando Messina  4 , Vanesa Sosa  5 , Florencia Rojas  1 , Yone Chacón  6 , Andrea Vásquez  7 , Maria de Los Ángeles Sosa  8 , Patricia Formosa  9 , Mariana Fernández  3 , María Emilia Cattana  3 , Javier Mussin  1 , Norma Fernández  10 , Milagros Piedrabuena  11 , Mercedes Romero  12 , Carola Miranda  13 , Gladys Posse  14 , Florencia Davalos  15 , Ruth Valdez  6 , Alejandra Acuña  16 , Alejandra Aguilera  17 , Mariana Andreni  18 , Julian Serrano  19 , Christian Álvarez  20 , Diana Aguirre  21 , Gloria Pineda  22   23 , Guillermo Garcia Effron  24 , Gabriela Santiso  4
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Impact of COVID-19 on paracoccidioidomycosis. Which was the most influential: The pandemic or the virus?

Gustavo Giusiano et al. Mycoses. 2024 Jul.

Abstract

The impact of COVID-19 on paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) in Argentina and the consequences generated by the pandemic are discussed. From 2018 to 3 years after the pandemic declaration, 285 proven PCM patients were registered. No association between both diseases was documented. PCM frequency decreased to extremely low levels in 2020. Mandatory social isolation and the emotional and psychological effects generated under pandemic circumstances led to delays in diagnosis, severe disseminated cases, and other challenges for diagnosis in subsequent years. Probable underdiagnosis should be considered due to the overlap of clinical manifestations, the low index of suspicion and the lack of sensitive diagnostic tools.

Keywords: COVID‐19; Paracoccidioidomycosis; SARS‐Cov2; impact; incidence; pandemic.

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