Pulmonary cavitation and skin lesions mimicking tuberculosis in a HIV negative patient caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis.
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SUBMITTER: Orofino-Costa R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3885933 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
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Pulmonary cavitation and skin lesions mimicking tuberculosis in a HIV negative patient caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis.
Orofino-Costa Rosane R Unterstell Natasha N Carlos Gripp Alexandre A de Macedo Priscila Marques PM Brota Arles A Dias Emylli E de Melo Teixeira Marcus M Felipe Maria Sueli MS Bernardes-Engemann Andréa R AR Lopes-Bezerra Leila Maria LM
Medical mycology case reports 20130216
A 32-year-old HIV negative male presented with multiple pulmonary cavitation and skin abscesses up to 15 cm in diameter mimicking tuberculosis. Sporothrix brasiliensis was isolated and patient responded well to amphotericin B followed by itraconazole, except the skin lesions that had to be surgical drained to obtain cure. ...[more]
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