title: Atypical presentation of sporotrichosis: report of three cases.
abstract: Sporotrichosis occurs after fungal implantation of Sporothrix spp. in the skin, and is the main subcutaneous mycosis in Latin America. Here we describe three atypical cases of the disease. The first case report an extra-cutaneous occurrence of the disease with joint infection; the second one describes a patient with bilateral lymphocutaneous form of sporotrichosis; and the third shows a zoonotic cutaneous case with the development of an erythema nodosum as a hypersensitivity reaction. These cases show the disease importance on the region and the necessity of fungal culture to the diagnosis confirmation.
authors.affiliation: Área Interdisciplinar de Ciências Biomédicas, Área de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil. melissaxavier@furg.br
authors.forename: Melissa Orzechowski
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Xavier
authors.forename: Laura Riffel
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Bittencourt
authors.forename: Cláudio Moss da
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Roseli Stone
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Hugo Cataud Pacheco
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole