Abstract
Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is an endemic systemic mycosis with prevalence in Latin America, mainly in Brazil, caused by thermodimorphic fungi species of the genus Paracoccidioides. Infection occurs through the inhalation of conidia from the mycelial environmental phase of the fungus, which differentiate into yeasts in the host's lungs. Lung epithelial cells play an important role in mod…