Cat-transmitted disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis in a new endemic area: Case series in the northeast of Brazil

• Carlos Alberto Tiburcio Valeriano, MSc,
• Cláudia Elise Ferraz, MD, PhD,
• Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira, PhD,
• Cícero Pinheiro Inácio, PhD,
• Ertenia Paiva de Oliveira, MSc,
• Armando Marsden Lacerda, PhD,
• Rejane Pereira Neves, PhD,
• Reginaldo Gonçalves de Lima-Neto, PhD

Affiliations

Carlos Alberto Tiburcio Valeriano, MSc

Graduate Program in Fungal Biology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil

Cláudia Elise Ferraz, MD, PhD

Department of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil

Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira, PhD

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cícero Pinheiro Inácio, PhD

Graduate Program in Fungal Biology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil

Ertenia Paiva de Oliveira, MSc

Graduate Program in Fungal Biology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil

Armando Marsden Lacerda, PhD

Graduate Program in Fungal Biology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil

Rejane Pereira Neves, PhD

Graduate Program in Fungal Biology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil

Reginaldo Gonçalves de Lima-Neto, PhD

Graduate Program in Fungal Biology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil; Department of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil; Correspondence to: Reginaldo Gonçalves de Lima-Neto, PhD, Laboratório de Diagnóstico em Doenças Tropicais, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 1235 Professor Moraes Rego Ave, Recife, Pernambuco 50670-901 Brazil.