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Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent patient: a case report from extreme southern Italy.
- Source :
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Mycopathologia [Mycopathologia] 2008 Sep; Vol. 166 (3), pp. 159-62. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Apr 18. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Sporotrichosis is a mycotic infection rarely encountered in European countries, including Italy. We describe lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent 64-year-old male Italian mason. The patient had linear nodules along the right upper arm with severe lymphadenopathy in the same arm. Sporothrix schenckii was identified by phenotypic and molecular methods. Treatment with itraconazole and methylprednisolone followed by administration of itraconazole alone successfully cured the infection. To our knowledge, this is the first documented report of sporotrichosis from Calabria and Sicily, extreme southern Italy.
- Subjects :
- Antifungal Agents therapeutic use
Humans
Italy epidemiology
Itraconazole therapeutic use
Male
Middle Aged
Sicily epidemiology
Dermatomycoses drug therapy
Dermatomycoses microbiology
Dermatomycoses pathology
Immunocompetence
Lymphadenitis drug therapy
Lymphadenitis microbiology
Lymphadenitis pathology
Sporothrix classification
Sporothrix isolation & purification
Sporotrichosis drug therapy
Sporotrichosis microbiology
Sporotrichosis pathology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0301-486X
- Volume :
- 166
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Mycopathologia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18421569
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-008-9121-4