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Disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis: unusual presentation in an alcoholic patient
Sporotrichosis is an implantation mycosis highly prevalent in Brazil, associated with soil activities and contact with infected animals. It has numerous clinical manifestations and its disseminated cutaneous form is uncommon, found in approximately 4% of cases and usually related to immunosuppressiv...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7458069/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32876295 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202062060 |
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author | Valente, Mariana de Freitas Diogo, Amanda Bertazzoli Merlo, Vitoria Flores Culau Pegas, José Roberto Pereira |
author_facet | Valente, Mariana de Freitas Diogo, Amanda Bertazzoli Merlo, Vitoria Flores Culau Pegas, José Roberto Pereira |
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description | Sporotrichosis is an implantation mycosis highly prevalent in Brazil, associated with soil activities and contact with infected animals. It has numerous clinical manifestations and its disseminated cutaneous form is uncommon, found in approximately 4% of cases and usually related to immunosuppressive conditions. We report an alcoholic 56-year-old male patient with no other comorbidities, presenting with multiple cutaneous nodules and ulcers. The patient was diagnosed with disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis based on the isolation and identification of Sporothrix spp. The patient was initially treated with amphotericin B with satisfactory results and then with itraconazole. |
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spelling | pubmed-74580692020-09-11 Disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis: unusual presentation in an alcoholic patient Valente, Mariana de Freitas Diogo, Amanda Bertazzoli Merlo, Vitoria Flores Culau Pegas, José Roberto Pereira Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo Case Report Sporotrichosis is an implantation mycosis highly prevalent in Brazil, associated with soil activities and contact with infected animals. It has numerous clinical manifestations and its disseminated cutaneous form is uncommon, found in approximately 4% of cases and usually related to immunosuppressive conditions. We report an alcoholic 56-year-old male patient with no other comorbidities, presenting with multiple cutaneous nodules and ulcers. The patient was diagnosed with disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis based on the isolation and identification of Sporothrix spp. The patient was initially treated with amphotericin B with satisfactory results and then with itraconazole. Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2020-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7458069/ /pubmed/32876295 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202062060 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Valente, Mariana de Freitas Diogo, Amanda Bertazzoli Merlo, Vitoria Flores Culau Pegas, José Roberto Pereira Disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis: unusual presentation in an alcoholic patient |
title | Disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis: unusual presentation in an alcoholic patient |
title_full | Disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis: unusual presentation in an alcoholic patient |
title_fullStr | Disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis: unusual presentation in an alcoholic patient |
title_full_unstemmed | Disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis: unusual presentation in an alcoholic patient |
title_short | Disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis: unusual presentation in an alcoholic patient |
title_sort | disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis: unusual presentation in an alcoholic patient |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7458069/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32876295 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202062060 |
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