A case of disseminated sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis

This paper presents a case of disseminated sporotrichosis in a 13-year-old female, originating from a rural area in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The patient was hospitalized in Santa Casa hospital of Belo Horizonte, with hyporexia, prostration, fever and disseminated ulcerative lesions, besides anemi...

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Published in:Medical mycology case reports 2018-09, Vol.21, p.34-36
Main Authors: Fernandes, Blenda, Caligiorne, Rachel Basques, Coutinho, Dayana Monteiro, Gomes, Renata R, Rocha-Silva, Fabiana, Machado, Amanda Sanchez, Santrer, Emanoelle Fernandes Rutren La, Assunção, Claudia Barbosa, Guimarães, Cássio Ferreira, Laborne, Maria Silvia, Nunes, Mauricio Buzelin, Vicente, Vania A, de Hoog, Sybren
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Language:English
Subjects:
anemia
Brazil
Case Report
case studies
drug therapy
females
fever
immunosuppression
itraconazole
patients
rural areas
sepsis (infection)
skin lesions
Sporothrix
sporotrichosis
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Summary:This paper presents a case of disseminated sporotrichosis in a 13-year-old female, originating from a rural area in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The patient was hospitalized in Santa Casa hospital of Belo Horizonte, with hyporexia, prostration, fever and disseminated ulcerative lesions, besides anemia, leucopenia and sepsis of probable cutaneous focus. The patient was admitted without proven immunosuppression. She was diagnosed with cutaneous-disseminated sporotrichosis. The drug therapy chosen was itraconazole during 12 months, leading to important clinical improvement and healing of cutaneous lesions.
ISSN:2211-7539
2211-7539
DOI:10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.03.006