title: Spontaneous resolution of zoonotic sporotrichosis during pregnancy.
abstract: Sporotrichosis is the most common deep mycosis in Latin America. The zoonotic transmission from cats has been demonstrated over the last few decades in many countries. A forty year-old veterinarian examined a cat with multiple ulcerations, which mycological examination isolated Sporothrix schenckii. During the examination, she was bitten in the right index finger by the animal. Two weeks later, an inflammatory lesion appeared, which became ulcerated and was followed by ascendant lymphangitis. The diagnoses of lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis and of a six weeks pregnancy were established. The lesions were not treated and by the 28th week the ulceration healed and the abscesses showed involution. This case illustrates that non-life-threatening forms of sporotrichosis during pregnancy could be treated with systemic antifungals after delivery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Federal University of Pelotas, RS, Brazil. hiramalmeidajr@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Hiram Larangeira de
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Cristiane Borges Evaldt
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Lettnin
authors.forename: Juliana Lima
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Márcia Cristiane Feltrin
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dias
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013175:Sporothrix / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary; D015047:Zoonoses