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. 2018 Nov/Dec;93(6):907-909.
doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20187726.

Report of 73 cases of cutaneous sporotrichosis in Mexico

Roberto Estrada-Castañón  1 , Guadalupe Chávez-López  1 , Guadalupe Estrada-Chávez  2 , Alexandro Bonifaz  3
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Report of 73 cases of cutaneous sporotrichosis in Mexico

Roberto Estrada-Castañón et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2018 Nov/Dec.

Abstract

We report 73 cases of cutaneous sporotrichosis from the Community Dermatology program, at the central and mountain areas of the state of Guerrero, Mexico. A similar number of cases was found between children and adults, mostly peasants and school-age children with rural occupations. Upper limbs were the mostly affected and the predominant clinical form was lymphocutaneous (56.16%). All cultures corresponded to Sporothrix schenckii (sl). Treatment was done with potassium iodide in 54 patients, achieving clinical and mycological cure in all cases.

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Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis in a child
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