Subcutaneous bilateral sporotrichosis: a rare presentation.
Sporotrichosis is the most common subcutaneous mycosis observed in Brazil as well as in different regions of the world. We report a rare case of sporotrichosis in a Caucasian male agricultural worker whose lesions occurred bilaterally and simultaneously on the upper limbs.
Alves
Sydney Hartz
SH
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. hartzsa@ccs.ufsm.br
Aurélio
Pedro Lucas
PL
Tecchio
Mateus Z
MZ
Zuchetto
Augusto
A
Schirmer
Régis
R
Santurio
Janio M
JM
D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011193:Potassium Iodide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013175:Sporothrix / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*
D011193:Potassium Iodide