Sporotrichosis: an emerging neglected opportunistic infection in HIV-infected patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

DFS Freitas, ACF Valle, MBT da Silva… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Sporotrichosis associated with zoonotic transmission remains a relevant public health
problem in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, affecting a large at-risk population, which includes HIV …

Sporotrichosis in HIV-infected patients: report of 21 cases of endemic sporotrichosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

DFS Freitas, B de Siqueira Hoagland… - …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Sporotrichosis is endemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and cases have been reported to be
associated with HIV. This article describes the clinical manifestations and evolution of …

Zoonotic sporotrichosis with greater severity in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 118 hospitalizations and 11 deaths in the last 2 decades in a reference institution

EMM Falcão, MCS Pires, HB Andrade… - Medical …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Since 1998, there has been an increase in the number of cat-transmitted cases of human
sporotrichosis in Rio de Janeiro state, and severe forms are observed especially when …

Relationship of sporotrichosis and infected patients with HIV-AIDS: an actual systematic review

R Pinto-Almazán, KA Sandoval-Navarro… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Sporotrichosis is a fungal infection that can affect both humans and animals,
caused by a species of thermo-dimorphic fungi of the genus Sporothrix. This pathology can …

Epidemiological features and geographical expansion of sporotrichosis in the state of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil

CE Silva, CAT Valeriano, CE Ferraz, RP Neves… - Future …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: Cases of sporotrichosis are emerging in several states of Brazil, especially in the
southeast. Recently, sporotrichosis has been reported in the state of Pernambuco in the …

The impact of sporotrichosis in HIV-infected patients: a systematic review

JAS Moreira, DFS Freitas, CC Lamas - Infection, 2015 - Springer
Sporotrichosis is a fungal infection of man and animals caused by Sporothrix complex. It
usually presents as a lymphocutaneous form, but disseminated disease may occur. Given …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiological and clinical aspects of sporotrichosis in Espírito Santo State, southeast Brazil: a study of three decades (1982–2012)

ALO Caus, RL Zanotti, ÁA Faccini-Martínez… - The American Journal …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study discusses a historical patient series and is designed to describe clinical and
epidemiological characteristics of human sporotrichosis in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil …

[HTML][HTML] Rising incidence of Sporothrix brasiliensis infections, Curitiba, Brazil, 2011–2022

RCR Cognialli, DH Cáceres… - Emerging Infectious …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Zoonotic outbreaks of sporotrichosis are increasing in Brazil. We examined and described
the emergence of cat-transmitted sporotrichosis (CTS) caused by the fungal pathogen …

Epidemiological aspects of sporotrichosis epidemic in Brazil

MC Gutierrez-Galhardo, DFS Freitas… - Current Fungal Infection …, 2015 - Springer
Generally, in Brazil, the transmission of sporotrichosis is by traumatic inoculation of fungi
with the handling of organic matter. However, since the late 1990s, sporotrichosis in the …

Sporotrichosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Sporothrix brasiliensis Is Associated with Atypical Clinical Presentations

R Almeida-Paes, MME de Oliveira… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background There have been several recent changes in the taxonomy of Sporothrix
schenckii as well as new observations regarding the clinical aspects of sporotrichosis. In this …