Article
Sporotrichosis After Tattooing Caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis
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FICHMAN, Vivian et al. Sporotrichosis After Tattooing Caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis. Mycopathologia, v. 187, n. 1, p. 137-139, 2022
0301-486X
10.1007/s11046-021-00611-8
Autor
Fichman, Vivian
Freitas, Dayvison Francis Saraiva
Macedo, Priscila Marques de
Valle, Antonio Carlos Francesconi do
Almeida-Silva, Fernando
Zancopé-Oliveira, Rosely Maria
Almeida-Paes, Rodrigo
Gutierrez-Galhardo, Maria Clara
Resumen
Sporotrichosis is a subcutaneous mycosis caused by pathogenic species of the genus Sporothrix. Since 1998, the number of cases of sporotrichosis due to Sporothrix brasiliensis has grown significantly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nearly all cases are related to cats as the main source of fungal infection. We report two cases of sporotrichosis following tattoos, a transmission form of S. brasiliensis not yet reported. The first patient, a 22-year-old female, had cutaneous sporotrichosis, fixed form, over a tattoo in her lumbar region. The lesion appeared 12 weeks after she was tattooed. The second patient, a 27-year-old female, had a lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis over a forearm tattoo. The lesion appeared two weeks after she was tattooed. In both cases there was no history of contact with cats or other plausible source of infection. The present study highlights that other non-zoonotic forms of transmission of S. brasiliensis may occur in endemic areas.