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Chinese Journal of Mycology 2016, Vol. 11  Issue (6): 376-377.

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A case of lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis

JIANG Yuan, KONG Qing-tao, ZHANG Zheng, ZENG Qiu-qiong, SANG Hong   

  1. Department of Dermatology, Nanjing General Hospital of NanjingMilitaryCommand, Nanjing 210002, China
  • Received:2016-11-06 Online:2016-12-28 Published:2016-12-28

Abstract:

To report one case of lymphocutaneous sporotrichosi.A 79-year-old woman presented to our clinic with a 2-month history of painful erythematous nodules linearly arranged on her left upper limbA biopsy specimen and PAS staining of her left upper limb demonstrated changes of pyogenous granulomatous inflammation and fungal spores.Sporothrix was identified by fungal culture and ITS sequencesThe patient was treated with oral itraconazole 0.2 g twice daily.The lesions subsided after 1-month treatment.

Key words: sporotrichosis, Sporothrix, itraconazole

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