1. First Cases of Feline Sporotrichosis Caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis in Paraguay.
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do Prado, Carolina Melchior, Razzolini, Emanuel, Santacruz, Gabriela, Ojeda, Leticia, Geraldo, Marlon Roger, Segovia, Nancy, Pereira Brunelli, José, Vicente, Vânia Aparecida, Svoboda, Walfrido Kühl, and Queiroz-Telles, Flávio
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SPOROTRICHOSIS , *ZOONOSES , *COMMUNICABLE diseases , *CATS , *DOGS - Abstract
Sporothrix brasiliensis is an emerging fungal pathogen causing cat-transmitted sporotrichosis, an epi-zoonosis affecting humans, cats and dogs in Brazil and now spreading to neighboring South American countries. Here, we report the first two autochthonous cases of cat-transmitted sporotrichosis in Paraguay. The first case was a four-year-old male cat showing several ulcerative lesions, nasal deformity and respiratory symptoms. The second case was a one-year-old male cat showing a single ulcerated lesion, respiratory symptoms and nasal deformity. Both cases were admitted to a veterinary clinic in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. Isolates were recovered from swabs of the two cases. Using molecular methods, the isolates were identified as S. brasiliensis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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