title: Ketoconazole treatment of a family with zoonotic sporotrichosis.
abstract: All 3 members of a family developed lymphocutaneous and cutaneous sporotrichosis after exposure to an infected cat. The lesions resembled acute bacterial lymphadenitis and lymphangitis and responded within 2 weeks to ketoconazole treatment with complete healing and no recurrence over the next 6 months. Immunologically normal children and adults with lymphocutaneous or cutaneous sporotrichosis may respond well to ketoconazole therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 11212.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Naqvi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Becherer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gudipati
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D002415:Cats; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000635:transmission*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000635:transmission*
chemical_list: D007654:Ketoconazole