Can cats cause colossal contagious cutaneous carbuncles?

Dermatol Online J. 2021 Apr 15;27(4):13030/qt60m8c9bs.

Abstract

Sporothrix spp. cause the most common deep fungal skin infections in Brazil and this is related to infected cats. Transmission is traditionally from organic material/plants but can also be zoonotic. Culture of a skin biopsy is the golden standard for determination. Treatment with oral itraconazole approaches up to 95% efficacy in patients with cutaneous sporotrichosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brazil
  • Carbuncle / microbiology*
  • Carbuncle / pathology
  • Cat Diseases / transmission*
  • Cats / microbiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Endemic Diseases
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Itraconazole / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Skin / microbiology
  • Skin / pathology
  • Sporothrix / isolation & purification*
  • Sporotrichosis / diagnosis
  • Sporotrichosis / drug therapy
  • Sporotrichosis / pathology
  • Sporotrichosis / transmission*
  • Zoonoses / transmission*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Itraconazole