Meningeal and multiorgan disseminated sporotrichosis: A case report and autopsy study

This case report presents a 36-year old man with a disseminated sporotrichosis who presented with seizures and crusted lesions all over the body. Imaging studies revealed acute ischemic brain event with haemorrhagic transformation in right frontal lobe. Skin biopsy showed Sporothrix schenckii. He wa...

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Autores principales: Duani, Helena, Palmerston, Marina Fernandes, Rosa Júnior, Jésus Faria, Ribeiro, Vitor Teatini, Alcântara Neves, Pedro Lobo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6849419/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31737471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.10.005
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author Duani, Helena
Palmerston, Marina Fernandes
Rosa Júnior, Jésus Faria
Ribeiro, Vitor Teatini
Alcântara Neves, Pedro Lobo
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description This case report presents a 36-year old man with a disseminated sporotrichosis who presented with seizures and crusted lesions all over the body. Imaging studies revealed acute ischemic brain event with haemorrhagic transformation in right frontal lobe. Skin biopsy showed Sporothrix schenckii. He was treated with standard amphotericin B. Despite therapy, he developed consciousness loss, multiorgan-failure and eventually expired. Necropsy findings showed renal, hepatic, splenic, prostate, testicles and meningeal/cerebral involvement.
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spelling pubmed-68494192019-11-15 Meningeal and multiorgan disseminated sporotrichosis: A case report and autopsy study Duani, Helena Palmerston, Marina Fernandes Rosa Júnior, Jésus Faria Ribeiro, Vitor Teatini Alcântara Neves, Pedro Lobo Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report This case report presents a 36-year old man with a disseminated sporotrichosis who presented with seizures and crusted lesions all over the body. Imaging studies revealed acute ischemic brain event with haemorrhagic transformation in right frontal lobe. Skin biopsy showed Sporothrix schenckii. He was treated with standard amphotericin B. Despite therapy, he developed consciousness loss, multiorgan-failure and eventually expired. Necropsy findings showed renal, hepatic, splenic, prostate, testicles and meningeal/cerebral involvement. Elsevier 2019-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6849419/ /pubmed/31737471 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.10.005 Text en © 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Meningeal and multiorgan disseminated sporotrichosis: A case report and autopsy study
title_full Meningeal and multiorgan disseminated sporotrichosis: A case report and autopsy study
title_fullStr Meningeal and multiorgan disseminated sporotrichosis: A case report and autopsy study
title_full_unstemmed Meningeal and multiorgan disseminated sporotrichosis: A case report and autopsy study
title_short Meningeal and multiorgan disseminated sporotrichosis: A case report and autopsy study
title_sort meningeal and multiorgan disseminated sporotrichosis: a case report and autopsy study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6849419/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31737471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.10.005
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