Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia (Oct 2011)

Esporotricose na gestação: relato de cinco casos numa epidemia zoonótica no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Sporotrichosis in pregnancy: case reports of 5 patients in a zoonotic epidemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  • Rosane Orofino Costa,
  • Andrea Reis Bernardes-Engemann,
  • Luna Azulay-Abulafia,
  • Fabiana Benvenuto,
  • Maria de Lourdes Palermo Neves,
  • Leila Maria Lopes-Bezerra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0365-05962011000500020
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 86, no. 5
pp. 995 – 998

Abstract

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Os autores apresentam cinco casos de esporotricose em gestantes numa epidemia zoonótica no Rio de Janeiro. São discutidos principalmente os aspectos clínicos e as dificuldades na escolha terapêutica desse grupo específico de pacientes.Five cases of sporotrichosis occurring in pregnant women in a zoonotic epidemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are described. The main clinical features, as well as the challenging therapeutic choices for this specific group of patients, are discussed.

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