Main endemic foci of paracoccidioïdomycosis

Paracoccidioïdomycosis is a granulomatous mycosis due to a telluric fungus, Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, geographically restricted to Latin America. The majority of the cases were from Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, especially in coffee tree plantations, in moist and wooded areas. – Diagram realised from a projection of Mercanti –