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
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Temporal and spatial distribution of sporotrichosis in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area, Brazil: a comparison between human and animal cases (2013-2020). [PDF]
Cad Saude PublicaCat-transmitted sporotrichosis is currently hyperendemic in the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area, Brazil. Despite the zoonotic context, surveillance is fragmented, with human and animal contagion being assessed separately.
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Sporotrichosis caused by sporothrix mexicana, Portugal [PDF]
, 2011 Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous fungal infection present worldwide that is caused by traumatic inoculation or inhalation of spores of the dimorphic fungus Sporothrix schenckii complex (1-3). However, molecular studies have shown that the S.
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Sporotrichosis during pregnancy: A retrospective study of 58 cases in a reference center from 1998 to 2023. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop DisBackgroundPregnant women constitute a vulnerable population occasionally affected by zoonotic sporotrichosis. Treatment is challenging due to potentially teratogenic oral medications (itraconazole and saturated potassium iodide solution) or lack of ...
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Tratamento da esporotricose cutânea com sski: experiência de 24 anos no estado de São Paulo, Brasil. [PDF]
, 2011 BACKGROUND: Sporotrichosis is a subacute or chronic disease caused by a dimorphic fungus, Sporothrix schenckii. The first and most traditional treatment is potassium iodide in satured solution (SSKI) used by DE BEURMANN in 1907. For its effectiveness, it
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Journal of Fungi, 2022 Pulmonary sporotrichosis is a rare condition. It can present as a primary pulmonary disease, resulting from direct Sporothrix species (spp). conidia inhalation, or as part of multifocal sporotrichosis with multiple organ involvement, mainly in ...
Vivian Fichman +10 more
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Rising Incidence of Sporothrix brasiliensis Infections, Curitiba, Brazil, 2011–2022
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Zoonotic outbreaks of sporotrichosis are increasing in Brazil. We examined and described the emergence of cat-transmitted sporotrichosis (CTS) caused by the fungal pathogen Sporothrix brasiliensis.
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Skin Mast Cells Contribute to Sporothrix schenckii Infection [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Sporothrix schenckii (S. schenckii), a dimorphic fungus, causes sporotrichosis. Mast cells (MCs) have been described to be involved in skin fungal infections. The role of MCs in cutaneous sporotrichosis remains largely unknown. Objectives:
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Granulomatous panuveitis in disseminated sporotrichosis: case report and review of the literature
Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection, 2023 Purpose To report a case of intraocular sporotrichosis presenting with bilateral granulomatous panuveitis. Methods Observational case report and literature review. Case presentation A 62-year-old woman with a history of polycythemia vera presented with a
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Cell walls of the dimorphic fungal pathogens Sporothrix schenckii and Sporothrix brasiliensis exhibit bilaminate structures and sloughing of extensive and intact layers [PDF]
, 2018 This work was supported by the Fundação Carlos Chagas de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), grants E-26/202.974/2015 and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), grants 229755/2013-5, Brazil.
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