The first three reported cases of Sporothrix brasiliensis cat-transmitted sporotrichosis outside South America [PDF]
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2023 An epidemic of cat-transmitted sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis has emerged as a major public health threat in Brazil in recent decades.
James R. Barnacle +8 more
doaj +7 more sources
The spread of cat-transmitted sporotrichosis due to Sporothrix brasiliensis in Brazil towards the Northeast region. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 BackgroundSporotrichosis is a worldwide subcutaneous mycosis caused by Sporothrix spp. In the past, this infection was associated with armadillo hunting, horticulturists, miners, and gardeners, being considered an implantation mycosis acquired by plant ...
Aurélio de Oliveira Bento +8 more
doaj +6 more sources
Cat-transmitted Sporotrichosis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 Sporotrichosis is an emerging zoonosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From 1998 to 2003, 497 humans and 1,056 cats with culture-proven sporotrichosis were studied. A total of 421 patients, 67.4% with a history of a scratch or bite, reported contact with cats
Armando Schubach +3 more
doaj +6 more sources
A lateral flow assay for the immunodiagnosis of human cat‐transmitted sporotrichosis [PDF]
Mycoses, 2022 AbstractBackgroundCat‐transmitted sporotrichosis (CTS) caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis has emerged as an important zoonosis in Brazil and neighbouring countries.ObjectivesEvaluate the performance of a lateral flow assay (LFA) for the detection of anti‐Sporothrix antibodies in human sera.MethodsA LFA for the detection of anti‐Sporothrix antibodies ...
Diego H Cáceres +2 more
exaly +5 more sources
One Health Education for Future Physicians: A Case Report of Cat-Transmitted Sporotrichosis [PDF]
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020 Abstract A healthy 35-year-old Brazilian woman presented with persistent redness, swelling, and multiple wounds on the hand 2 weeks after a cat bite in her home country. She was treated twice with amoxicillin-clavulanate but failed to demonstrate improvement.
Michael Dennis, Philip Lederer
exaly +5 more sources
P138 A decade of cat-transmitted sporotrichosis (CTS) in a tertiary hospital from Curitiba, southern Brazil (2011-21) [PDF]
Medical Mycology, 2022 Abstract Poster session 2, September 22, 2022, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Objectives This study aims to report the evolution of cat-transmitted sporotrichosis (CTS) and map the distribution of these cases within a tertiary hospital in ...
Queiroz-Telles Flavio
exaly +3 more sources
Cat-transmitted disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis in a new endemic area: Case series in the northeast of Brazil [PDF]
JAAD Case Reports, 2020 Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous mycosis caused by thermodimorphic fungi of Sporothrix schenckii complex and is usually transmitted as a result of traumatic inoculation of these microorganisms; infection can produce a number of manifestations. 1,2 In Brazil, sporotrichosis has been a major public health issue, with multiple outbreaks occurring ...
Carlos Alberto Tiburcio Valeriano, MSc +7 more
doaj +5 more sources
Sporothrix brasiliensis Treatment Failure without Initial Elevated Itraconazole MICs in Felids at Border of Brazil [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesCat-transmitted sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis is an emerging zoonosis in Latin America. Because treatment of feline sporotrichosis is often not effective, we sought to determine whether treatment failure results from S.
Carolina Melchior do Prado +14 more
doaj +2 more sources
Cat‐Transmitted Sporotrichosis Epidemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Description of a Series of Cases [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2004 Sporotrichosis is the most common subcutaneous mycosis in South America. Classic infection is associated with traumatic inoculation of soil, vegetables, and organic matter contaminated with Sporothrix schenckii. Zoonotic transmission has been described in isolated cases or in small outbreaks.
Mónica Bastos de Lima Barros +1 more
exaly +3 more sources
Sporotrichosis In Immunocompromised Hosts
Journal of Fungi, 2019 Sporotrichosis is a global implantation or subcutaneous mycosis caused by several members of the genus Sporothrix, a thermo-dimorphic fungus. This disease may also depict an endemic profile, especially in tropical to subtropical zones around the world ...
Flavio Queiroz-Telles +2 more
doaj +3 more sources