First autochthone case of sporotrichosis by Sporothrix globosa in Portugal

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / University of Minho. Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology. Department of Biology. Braga, Portugal.
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge. Laboratório de Micologia. Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas. Lisboa, Portugal.
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr Ricardo Jorge. Laboratório de Micologia. Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas. Lisboa, Portugal.
Hospital Distrital de Santarém. Santarém, Portugal.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Micologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Minho. Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology. Department of Biology. Braga, Portugal.
University of Minho. Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology. Department of Biology. Braga, Portugal.

Abstract

In this study, we characterize the first autochthone case of human sporotrichosis reported in Lisbon, Portugal. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization revealed that the infection was caused by Sporothrix globosa. We conclude that sporotrichosis may be underdiagnosed particularly in Southern Europe and suggest Portugal as an emerging area for this fungal infection.

Keywords

Sporothrix
Sporotrichosis
Portugal
Infection
Microbiology

DeCS

Sporothrix
Esporotricose
Portugal
Infecção
Microbiologia

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Elsevier

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OLIVEIRA, Manoel Marques Evangelista de et al. First autochthone case of sporotrichosis by Sporothrix globosa in Portugal. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, v. 78, n. 4, p. 388–390, Apr. 2014.

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10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.08.023

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0732-8893

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