sporotrichosis/erythema

A case of lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis that had developed from the dorsum nasi to the left buccal region of a 65-year-old woman was treated with itraconazole 100 mg day-1. The lesion healed in 10 weeks after starting treatment leaving crusts, mild erythema and pigmentation, and the treatment was

A case of fixed cutaneous sporotrichosis in an urban patient in whom the contagious trauma could not be proved is commented on. Remarkable is the location of the lesions involving the face, which is extremely rare, as well as the morphology of the lesions, adopting the pattern of congestive erythema

Sporothrix spp. infection can occur through the inoculation of the organism in the skin through direct contact with the soil (sapronotic infection), through contact with animals, such as infected cats and dogs (zoonotic infection), or less frequently via inhalation. With a subacute or chronic

This article presents a case of a chronic, nonhealing thumb wound in a patient with diabetes mellitus. A 67-year-old right-hand-dominant man presented with progressive erythema and swelling of the right thumb several months after sustaining a paper cut along the eponychium. The patient had already

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

Since 1998 a cat-transmitted epidemic of sporotrichosis has been observed in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil. Besides the lymphocutaneous and fixed forms, other presentations, such as disseminated cutaneous and mucosal involvement, as well as for the first time, erythema nodosum and erythema multiforme

UNASSIGNED Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous mycosis caused by Sporothrix sp., a dimorphic fungus. Although the cutaneous form is the most frequent form, the ocular presentation has been increasingly diagnosed in epidemic areas. We describe three cases of ocular sporotrichosis with the involvement of

BACKGROUND Itraconazole has become the first choice for treatment of cutaneous sporotrichosis. However, this recommendation is based on case reports and small series. The safety and efficacy of itraconazole were evaluated in 645 patients who received a diagnosis on the basis of isolation of

A healthy 35-year-old Brazilian woman presented with persistent redness, swelling, and multiple wounds on the hand 2 weeks after a cat bite in her home country. She was treated twice with amoxicillin-clavulanate but failed to demonstrate improvement. She then presented to our institution with a

Potassium iodide therapy has a history of more than 150 years. It has been tried in many diseases in the past. However, with the development of modern medications indications for potassium iodide therapy are very limited. It is well known that potassium iodide is the drug of choice for

A 57-year-old male carpenter living in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, visited the Department of Dermatology of Kitasato University Hospital because an ulcer which appeared in his left forearm around May 1992 had spread gradually. An oval, shallow ulcer measuring 39 mm x 18 mm was found on the

Cutaneous nocardiosis is a skin disease mainly caused by Nocardia brasiliensis and Nocardia asteroides. Here, we report a rare case of lymphocutaneous dermatosis in an 87-year-old Chinese man infected with Nocardia brasiliensis. An 87-year-old Chinese man presented at our hospital after suffering