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Estudo da ativação e modulação da resposta imune contra a esporotricose experimental, a partir de vesículas extracelulares purificadas de células dendríticas

A esporotricose é uma zoonose micótica emergente e subcutânea, que afeta a pele, o sistema linfático e outros órgãos de humanos e animais. Assim como outras doenças infecciosas fúngicas, se torna ainda mais grave quando acomete pacientes imunossuprimidos. Essa infecção possui distribuição glo...

Estudo da ativação e modulação da resposta imune contra a esporotricose experimental, a partir de vesículas extracelulares purificadas de células dendríticas

A esporotricose é uma zoonose micótica emergente e subcutânea, que afeta a pele, o sistema linfático e outros órgãos de humanos e animais. Assim como outras doenças infecciosas fúngicas, se torna ainda mais grave quando acomete pacientes imunossuprimidos. Essa infecção possui distribuição glo...

Tuberculosis cutánea esporotricoide en la Amazonía peruana: reporte de caso

RESUMEN La tuberculosis cutánea es una presentación rara de la infección por Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Se presenta el caso de una mujer sin antecedentes médicos de importancia, con un tiempo de enfermedad de año y medio, caracterizado por lesiones tipo esporotricoide, con diseminación linfocután...

Refractory feline sporotrichosis: a comparative analysis on the clinical, histopathological, and cytopathological aspects

Pesqui. vet. bras; 42 (), 2022
Sporotrichosis is a chronic fungal infection caused by Sporothrix species. The occurrence of cases that are resistant to long-term treatment, especially in the nasal planum of cats, emphasizes the importance of studying its pathogenesis. The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare the inflammato...

Un piercing nasal que se volvió pesadilla: esporotricosis fija cutánea, a propósito de un caso clínico
A nose piercing that became a nightmare: Fixed cutaneous sporotrichosis, apropos of a clinical case

Rev. chil. dermatol; 37 (4), 2021
La esporotricosis cutánea es una micosis producida por inoculación de hongos dimorfos llamados Sporothrix spp. Se reporta el caso de una paciente de 17 años, inmunocompetente con diagnóstico de esporotricosis cutánea fija en nariz ocasionada por la colocación de un piercing sin protocolos de higien...

Systemic sporotrichosis in an alcoholic patient

An. bras. dermatol; 95 (3), 2020
Abstract A 44-year-old male patient presented with nodules that evolved with inflammation, following drainage of seropurulent secretion and ulceration. The patient had a 6 year-history of alcohol addiction and reported contact with cats. At the physical examination, the patient had skin-colored and eryth...

Therapeutic failure with itraconazole in sporotrichosis due to bariatric surgery

An. bras. dermatol; 95 (2), 2020
Abstract Sporotrichosis is a deep mycosis of subacute or chronic evolution, caused by the dimorphic fungus of the genus Sporothrix. The treatment is carried out with antifungal orally or intravenously. Therapeutic success can be affected by several factors, such as altered gastrointestinal physiology by ...

A case of sporotrichosis caused by different Sporothrix brasiliensis strains: mycological, molecular, and virulence analyses

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 114 (), 2019
BACKGROUND Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous mycosis caused by dimorphic pathogenic fungi belonging to the Sporothrix genus. Pathogenic Sporothrix species typically produce melanin, which is known to be a virulence factor. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to perform phenotypic, genotypic, and virule...

Cutaneous atypical mycobacteriosis with sporotrichoid clinical presentation caused by automotive accident

An. bras. dermatol; 93 (5), 2018
Abstract: Atypical mycobacterial infections are caused by mycobacteria other than those from the M. tuberculosis complex and M. leprae. Its incidence has increased progressively, with considerable increase of scientific publications on the subject. Only 10% of the cases present with cutaneous infections,...

Esporotricosis del pabellón auricular: comunicación de un caso atípico simulando una celulitis bacteriana

Rev. chil. infectol; 35 (1), 2018
Resumen La esporotricosis es la micosis subcutánea o por implantación más frecuente en México. Se comunica el caso de una esporotricosis cutánea-fija preauricular que simuló una celulitis bacteriana atípica, en una paciente anciana sin antecedente de traumatismo. La biopsia mostró un granuloma su...