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SPOROTHRIX BRASILIENSIS AND FELINE SPOROTRICHOSIS IN THE METROPOLITAN REGION OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (1998–2018)
Caracterização molecular
Aspectos clínicos
Epidemiologia
Esporotricose
Gatos
Molecular characterization
Clinical aspects
Epidemiology
Cats
Sporotrichosis
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Abstract
Feline sporotrichosis is enzootic in different regions of Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro.
This study compared the genotype profiles of Sporothrix sp. isolated from cats in Rio de Janeiro
between 1998 and 2018 and evaluated their association with clinical and epidemiological
characteristics. One hundred nineteen Sporothrix sp. isolates from a cohort of cats with
sporotrichosis seen at INI/Fiocruz were included. Clinical and epidemiological data were obtained
from the medical records of the animals. T3B PCR fingerprinting was used for molecular
identification of the Sporothrix species. All isolates were characterized as Sporothrix brasiliensis,
with the observation of low intraspecific variation in 31 isolates (31.3%). The interval between lesion
onset and first medical visit at INI/Fiocruz, as well as treatment duration until clinical cure, was
longer in cats from the first decade of the epizootic. In addition, the frequency of the variables “good
general status” and “presence of lymphadenomegaly” was higher among cats whose strains did not
exhibit intraspecific variation. So far, S. brasiliensis has been the only species identified in feline cases
of sporotrichosis since the beginning of the epizootic in Rio de Janeiro at INI/Fiocruz.
Keywords in Portuguese
Sporothrix brasiliensisCaracterização molecular
Aspectos clínicos
Epidemiologia
Esporotricose
Gatos
Keywords
Sporothrix brasiliensisMolecular characterization
Clinical aspects
Epidemiology
Cats
Sporotrichosis
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