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Rosane Orofino-Costa1, Natasha Unterstell1, Alexandre Carlos Gripp1, Priscila Marques de Macedo1, Arles Brota1, Emylli Dias2, Marcus de Melo Teixeira3, Maria Sueli Felipe3, Andréa R Bernardes-Engemann1, Leila Maria Lopes-Bezerra2.
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.Entities:
Keywords: Amphotericin B; Genotyping; Pulmonary sporotrichosis; Serology; Sporothrix brasiliensis
Year: 2013 PMID: 24432220 PMCID: PMC3885933 DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.02.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Mycol Case Rep ISSN: 2211-7539