ABSTRACT
The chronic form of PCM disease corresponds to 90% of the cases and is often observed in men between 40 and 60 years old, whose main occupation is agricultural work [1,5]. These patients in general present some predisposing factors, such as smoking, alcoholism, and innutrition, and the main clinical manifestation is the involvement of the lungs. The pathogen can also present hematogenic dessemination to other sites such as brain [7,8], spinal cord [9], bone [10], bone marrow [11], genital tract [12,13], adrenal glands [14], oral cavity [15,16], and cutaneous tissues [17].
