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INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN A PATIENT WITH AIDS AND DISSEMINATED SPOROTRICHOSIS
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous infection caused by dimorphic fungi of the Sprorothrix complex, which is endemic in Latin America, South Africa, India, and Japan. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a rising number of cases associated with contact with cats has been reported since 1998. This report describes a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in which a diagnosis of disseminated sporotrichosis was suspected after
ophthalmic assessment revealing multifocal choroiditis on indocyanine green angiography.
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