Report of 73 cases of cutaneous sporotrichosis in Mexico

An Bras Dermatol. 2018 Nov/Dec;93(6):907-909. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20187726.

Abstract

We report 73 cases of cutaneous sporotrichosis from the Community Dermatology program, at the central and mountain areas of the state of Guerrero, Mexico. A similar number of cases was found between children and adults, mostly peasants and school-age children with rural occupations. Upper limbs were the mostly affected and the predominant clinical form was lymphocutaneous (56.16%). All cultures corresponded to Sporothrix schenckii (sl). Treatment was done with potassium iodide in 54 patients, achieving clinical and mycological cure in all cases.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Mexico / epidemiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Potassium Iodide / therapeutic use
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Sporotrichosis / diagnosis
  • Sporotrichosis / drug therapy
  • Sporotrichosis / epidemiology*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Potassium Iodide