Disseminated sporotrichosis.
Sporotrichosis is a subacute or chronic infection caused by Sporothrix schenckii. It is a primary cutaneous infection and it has different clinical forms: disseminated by lymphatic vessels (75%), localised cutaneous form (20%), disseminated cutaneous and extracuteus rarely. The systemic disseminated sporotrichosis is considered a severe opportunistic infection. The best diagnostic test is the culture. The authors report a case of a 36-year-old man, originally from Puebla, Mexico, with a diagnosis of disseminated sporotrichosis. Differential diagnosis with other pathologies includes leishmaniasis, chromoblastomycosis, tuberculosis verrucose and lymphangitis. The development of unusual presentations in immunocompromised patients has been reported.
Department of Infectology, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico D F, Mexico.
Raúl
R
Romero-Cabello
Alexandro
A
Bonifaz
Raúl
R
Romero-Feregrino
Carlos Javier
CJ
Sánchez
Yancy
Y
Linares
Jorge Tay
JT
Zavala
Leticia Calderón
LC
Romero
Rodrigo
R
Romero-Feregrino
José T Sánchez
JT
Vega
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis*