Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2023)

Human Lobomycosis Caused by Paracoccidioides (Lacazia) loboi, Panama, 2022

  • Jose A. Suárez,
  • Betty Cerrud,
  • Monica Pachar,
  • Luz H. Patiño,
  • Jason Reidy,
  • Amina Chace,
  • Roderick Chen-Camaño,
  • Diógenes Alvarado-Barría,
  • Mohammad Z. Nakadar,
  • Juan D. Ramirez,
  • Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2912.231092
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 12
pp. 2513 – 2517

Abstract

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We report a patient from Panama who had lobomycosis caused by Paracoccidioides (Lacazia) loboi. We used combined clinical-epidemiologic and phylogenetic data, including a new gene sequence dataset on this fungus in Panama, for analysis. Findings contribute useful insights to limited knowledge of this fungal infection in the Mesoamerican Biologic Corridor.

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