title: Pulmonary cavitation and skin lesions mimicking tuberculosis in a HIV negative patient caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis.
abstract: A 32-year-old HIV negative male presented with multiple pulmonary cavitation and skin abscesses up to 15 cm in diameter mimicking tuberculosis. Sporothrix brasiliensis was isolated and patient responded well to amphotericin B followed by itraconazole, except the skin lesions that had to be surgical drained to obtain cure.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. 28 de Setembro 87, Rio de Janeiro 20551-030, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Orofino-Costa
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. 28 de Setembro 87, Rio de Janeiro 20551-030, Brazil.
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Unterstell
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. 28 de Setembro 87, Rio de Janeiro 20551-030, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carlos Gripp
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. 28 de Setembro 87, Rio de Janeiro 20551-030, Brazil.
authors.forename: Priscila Marques
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: de Macedo
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. 28 de Setembro 87, Rio de Janeiro 20551-030, Brazil.
authors.forename: Arles
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brota
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular Mycolgy and Proteomics, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524 PHLC sl 501D, Rio de Janeiro 20550-013, Brazil.
authors.forename: Emylli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília DF 70910-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Melo Teixeira
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília DF 70910-900, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Sueli
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Felipe
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Av. 28 de Setembro 87, Rio de Janeiro 20551-030, Brazil.
authors.forename: Andréa R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Bernardes-Engemann
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular Mycolgy and Proteomics, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524 PHLC sl 501D, Rio de Janeiro 20550-013, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leila Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Lopes-Bezerra
keywords: Amphotericin B; Genotyping; Pulmonary sporotrichosis; Serology; Sporothrix brasiliensis