Atypical presentation of sporotrichosis: report of three cases

Sporotrichosis occurs after fungal implantation of Sporothrix spp. in the skin, and is the main subcutaneous mycosis in Latin America. Here we describe three atypical cases of the disease. The first case report an extra-cutaneous occurrence of the disease with joint infection; the second one describes a patient with bilateral lymphocutaneous form of sporotrichosis; and the third shows a zoonotic cutaneous case with the development of an erythema nodosum as a hypersensitivity reaction. These cases show the disease importance on the region and the necessity of fungal culture to the diagnosis confirmation.

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Main Authors: Xavier,Melissa Orzechowski, Bittencourt,Laura Riffel, Silva,Cláudio Moss da, Vieira,Roseli Stone, Pereira,Hugo Cataud Pacheco
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 2013
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000100116
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