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Coffee Worker Names Juan Valdez Brazil Er Skin

Front Coffee worker names Juan Valdez from Brazil comes to your ER with skin lesions, flu-like illness, hepatosplenomegaly, and lymphadenopathy. 

Culture shows the following finding:



What is the causative agent?

What is the treatment?
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
Itraconazole (SPORANOX©)

Tags: microbiology

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