Sporotrichosis with Bone Involvement: An Alert to an Occupational Disease
Sporotrichosis is a subacute or chronic mycosis caused by a fungus of the genus Sporothrix, which is found in soil. It can be acquired by trauma to the skin. Bone and joint lesions are very rare. The city of Rio de Janeiro is undergoing an epidemic transmitted by cats, and this should be an alert fo...
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| author | Felipe de Carvalho Aguinaga Beatriz Moritz Trope Nurimar Conceição Fernandes Delia Celser Engel Marcia Ramos-e-Silva |
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| description | Sporotrichosis is a subacute or chronic mycosis caused by a fungus of the genus Sporothrix, which is found in soil. It can be acquired by trauma to the skin. Bone and joint lesions are very rare. The city of Rio de Janeiro is undergoing an epidemic transmitted by cats, and this should be an alert for the risk to professionals in contact with these animals. The patient was a veterinarian who developed occupational sporotrichosis with osteoarticular involvement transmitted by a cat during a consultation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-491da0ebb31046a4854523dffaae76192022-12-21T20:34:24ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Dermatology1662-65672014-04-016111411810.1159/000362184362184Sporotrichosis with Bone Involvement: An Alert to an Occupational DiseaseFelipe de Carvalho AguinagaBeatriz Moritz TropeNurimar Conceição FernandesDelia Celser EngelMarcia Ramos-e-SilvaSporotrichosis is a subacute or chronic mycosis caused by a fungus of the genus Sporothrix, which is found in soil. It can be acquired by trauma to the skin. Bone and joint lesions are very rare. The city of Rio de Janeiro is undergoing an epidemic transmitted by cats, and this should be an alert for the risk to professionals in contact with these animals. The patient was a veterinarian who developed occupational sporotrichosis with osteoarticular involvement transmitted by a cat during a consultation.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/362184BoneSporotrichosisSubacute mycosisChronic mycosis |
| spellingShingle | Felipe de Carvalho Aguinaga Beatriz Moritz Trope Nurimar Conceição Fernandes Delia Celser Engel Marcia Ramos-e-Silva Sporotrichosis with Bone Involvement: An Alert to an Occupational Disease Case Reports in Dermatology Bone Sporotrichosis Subacute mycosis Chronic mycosis |
| title | Sporotrichosis with Bone Involvement: An Alert to an Occupational Disease |
| title_full | Sporotrichosis with Bone Involvement: An Alert to an Occupational Disease |
| title_fullStr | Sporotrichosis with Bone Involvement: An Alert to an Occupational Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sporotrichosis with Bone Involvement: An Alert to an Occupational Disease |
| title_short | Sporotrichosis with Bone Involvement: An Alert to an Occupational Disease |
| title_sort | sporotrichosis with bone involvement an alert to an occupational disease |
| topic | Bone Sporotrichosis Subacute mycosis Chronic mycosis |
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