Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome associated with Sporothrix schenckii

The Parinaud oculoglandular syndrome is a rare eye disease caused by different etiologic agents, including bacteria, viruses and fungi. It is characterized by a granulomatous conjunctivitis, accompanied by adjacent preauricular lymphadenopathy and can bring consequences if not treated promptly. We p...

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Autores principales: Ferreira, Cassio Porto, Nery, José Augusto daCosta, de Almeida, Ana Cristina Oliveira, Ferreira, Luiz Cláudio, Corte-Real, Suzana, Conceição-Silva, Fátima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4762793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26955523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2014.05.001
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Sumario:The Parinaud oculoglandular syndrome is a rare eye disease caused by different etiologic agents, including bacteria, viruses and fungi. It is characterized by a granulomatous conjunctivitis, accompanied by adjacent preauricular lymphadenopathy and can bring consequences if not treated promptly. We present a case of Parinaud oculoglandular syndrome caused by Sporothrix schenckii from the sporotrichosis epidemic in its zoonotic form occurring in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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