Abstract
ABSTRACTParacoccidioidomycosis (PCM), caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (Pb) is the most important systemic mycosis affecting immunocompetent individuals in Brazil. Paracoccidioidomycosis presents two clinical forms: the acute or juvenile form (JF), characterized by a predominantly Th2 immune response, and the adult form (AF), localized, chronic and characterized by the predominance…