Para·coc·cid·i·oi·des .par-ə-(.)käk-.sid-ē-'ȯid-.ēz n a genus of imperfect fungi that includes the causative agent (P. brasiliensis) of South American blastomycosis
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a genus of yeast-like fungi causing infection of the skin and mucous membranes. The species P. brasiliensis causes a chronic skin disease, South American blastomycosis.
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Para·coc·cid·i·oi·des (par″ə-kok-sid″e-oiґdēz) a genus of Fungi Imperfecti of the form-family Moniliaceae. P. brasilienґsis (called also Blastomyces brasiliensis) is the species that causes paracoccidioidomycosis; organisms proliferate by multiple budding yeast cells in the tissues, and produce white aerial mycelia and single or double conidia in media at 25°C or in soil.Medical dictionary. 2011.