IDCases (Jan 2018)

A malar rash from inner Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

  • Walter de Araujo Eyer-Silva,
  • Marcelo Costa Velho Mendes de Azevedo,
  • Guilherme Almeida Rosa da Silva,
  • Rogério Neves-Motta

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12
pp. 99 – 100

Abstract

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A 49-year-old previously healthy woman from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, presented with a right malar rash that started as a tiny pustule and progressed to an ulcerated papulonodular lesion within ten weeks. A presumptive diagnosis of zoonotic sporotrichosis was made based on excellent response to treatment and epidemiological linkage with a diseased cat. Keywords: Subcutaneous mycosis, Sporotrichosis, Rio de Janeiro, Zoonotic infection