Three new Uruguayan paracoccidioidomycosis human cases are presented. Two of them correspond to the disseminated form with metastatic lesions at the oral mucosa; the remaining one, with important pulmonary bilateral lesions corresponds to the pure chronic pulmonary form of the disease which is recognized by the first time in the country. No doubt, these clinical forms will be found much more frequently in the endemic areas of Latin America if serological surveys are developed in the near future.
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