Sporotrichosis, a human and animal disease caused by Sporothrix species, is the most
important implantation mycosis worldwide. Sporothrix taxonomy has improved in recent …

We herein present a Brazilian guideline for the management of feline sporotrichosis, a
mycosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis. This guideline is an effort of a national technical …

The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which
only about 155 000 have been named. Most fungi are invisible to the unaided eye, but they …

Most of the 51 species embedded in the genus Sporothrix are nonpathogenic environmental
fungi that are closely related to decaying wood, plants, and soil. However, members of the …

Cat-transmitted sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis has become a major public
health concern and presents a distinct divergence from the traditional epidemiology of …

Sporotrichosis, caused by Sporothrix schenckii and related species, is the most frequent
implantation mycosis in Latin America. In Argentina, over the last 8 years, there have been …

In the late 90's there was a change in both the route of transmission and the people at risk
for sporotrichosis. This zoonotic cat-man alternative transmission route elicited changes in …

Background: The increase in the zoonotic epidemic of sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix
brasiliensis, which started in the late 1990s in Rio de Janeiro and is now found in almost all …

The description of cryptic species with different pathogenic potentials has changed the
perspectives on sporotrichosis. Sporothrix schenckii causes a benign chronic subcutaneous …

Background Sporotrichosis is a chronic (sub) cutaneous infection caused by
thermodimorphic fungi in the order, Ophiostomatales. These fungi are characterized by …