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Sporotrichosis Caused By Sporothrix globosa in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: Case Report

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This report describes the first isolation of Sporothrix globosa from a Brazilian patient. A 77-year-old woman was examined for sporotrichosis infection. Histopathological examination of skin biopsy revealed chronic granulomatous infiltrate with microabcess. Furthermore, S. schenckii-like yeasts were evident as demonstrated by PAS and Grocott stains. The fungus was identified based on colony morphology on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar slants, Potato Dextrose Agar, and Corn Meal Agar, microscopic morphology on slides cultures, and assimilation of different carbon sources. The species confirmation was made by molecular methodology.

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Financial support for this work was provided by FAPERJ (Grant Proc. E-26/111.619/2008). R. M. Z. O. is in part supported by CNPq 350338/2000-0. Automated sequencing was done using the Genomic Platform-DNA Sequencing Platform at Fundação Oswaldo Cruz—PDTIS/FIOCRUZ (RPT01A), Brazil

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  1. Setor de Imunodiagnóstico do Laboratório de Micologia do Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045-900, Brazil

    Manoel Marques Evangelista de Oliveira, Rodrigo de Almeida-Paes, Mauro de Medeiros Muniz & Rosely Maria Zancope-Oliveira

  2. Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica DST-AIDS, Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045-900, Brazil

    Monica Bastos de Lima Barros

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    Maria Clara Gutierrez Galhardo

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de Oliveira, M.M.E., de Almeida-Paes, R., de Medeiros Muniz, M. et al. Sporotrichosis Caused By Sporothrix globosa in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: Case Report. Mycopathologia 169, 359–363 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-010-9276-7

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