title: Unusual clinical presentation of sporotrichosis in three members of one family.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sporotrichosis is a mycosis caused by the dimorphic fungus Sporothrix spp., and the primary mode of transmission is traumatic inoculation of fungus conidia from plants and other organic matter.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sporotrichosis was established in a cat and in three members of one family from a rural area, by fungal growth in culture.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cutaneous lesions developed on the lower buttock and limbs with no report of any injury.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although sporotrichosis should be considered for differential diagnosis in people working with soil and plants, cases of chronic lesions on skin of cats and in households is probably a new epidemiological approach in a given geographic region.
authors.affiliation: Tropical Medicine Unit, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aloisio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Falqueto
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bravim Maifrede
authors.forename: Mariceli
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Araujo Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011193:Potassium Iodide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013175:Sporothrix; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*
chemical_list: D011193:Potassium Iodide