title: Characterization of sporotrichosis cases treated in a dermatologic teaching unit in the state of São Paulo - Brazil, 2003 - 2013.
abstract: We conducted a transversal retrospective study with secondary data collection from 25 cases of sporotrichosis, treated at a teaching unit in inner São Paulo (Brazil), between the years 2003-2013. We found that the prevalence was higher in men (72%), rural workers (44%) and those living in rural areas (60%), with an average age of 42.48 years. The median between the onset of lesions and diagnosis was six weeks. Lesions predominated in the upper limbs (92%), and were classified as lymphocutaneous (80%) and fixed cutaneous (20%) forms. Clinical cure was observed in 62.5% of the cases treated with potassium iodide and 100% of cases treated with itraconazole.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gabriela Franco
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.affiliation: Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Luiza Grizzo Peres
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.affiliation: Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana Martins Prazeres
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.affiliation: Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Letícia Stella Gardini
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Brandão
authors.affiliation: Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Patrick Alexander
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Wachholz
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paula Yoshiko
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Masuda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole
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