Zoonotic epidemic of sporotrichosis: cat to human transmission

IDF Gremião, LHM Miranda, EG Reis… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Sporothrix brasiliensis: A Review of an Emerging South American Fungal Pathogen, Its Related Disease, Presentation and Spread in Argentina

A Etchecopaz, MA Toscanini, A Gisbert, J Mas… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Sporotrichosis between 1898 and 2017: The evolution of knowledge on a changeable disease and on emerging etiological agents.

LM Lopes-Bezerra, HM Mora-Montes, Y Zhang… - Medical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The description of cryptic species with different pathogenic potentials has changed the
perspectives on sporotrichosis. Sporothrix schenckii causes a benign chronic subcutaneous …

Sporotrichosis in immunocompromised hosts

F Queiroz-Telles, R Buccheri, G Benard - Journal of Fungi, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sporotrichosis is a global implantation or subcutaneous mycosis caused by several
members of the genus Sporothrix, a thermo-dimorphic fungus. This disease may also depict …

Exploring virulence and immunogenicity in the emerging pathogen Sporothrix brasiliensis

PP Della Terra, AM Rodrigues… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Sporotrichosis is a polymorphic chronic infection of humans and animals classically
acquired after traumatic inoculation with soil and plant material contaminated with Sporothrix …

Antifungal resistance, metabolic routes as drug targets, and new antifungal agents: an overview about endemic dimorphic fungi

JA Parente-Rocha, AM Bailão… - Mediators of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Diseases caused by fungi can occur in healthy people, but immunocompromised patients
are the major risk group for invasive fungal infections. Cases of fungal resistance and the …

Immunity and treatment of sporotrichosis

LC Garcia Carnero, NE Lozoya Perez… - Journal of Fungi, 2018 - mdpi.com
Species of the Sporothrix complex are the etiological agents of sporotrichosis, an important
subcutaneous mycosis with several clinical forms and an increasing incidence around the …

The NLRP3 inflammasome contributes to host protection during Sporothrix schenckii infection

AC Gonçalves, LS Ferreira, FA Manente… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Sporotrichosis is a mycosis caused by fungi from the Sporothrix schenckii species complex,
whose prototypical member is Sporothrix schenckii sensu stricto. Pattern recognition …

Immunopathogenesis of human sporotrichosis: what we already know

F Conceição-Silva, FN Morgado - Journal of fungi, 2018 - mdpi.com
Sporotrichosis is a subacute/chronic mycosis caused by dimorphic fungus of the genus
Sporothrix. This mycosis may affect both human and domestic animals and in the last few …

Sporothrix brasiliensis induces a more severe disease associated with sustained Th17 and regulatory T cells responses than Sporothrix schenckii sensu stricto in …

A Batista-Duharte, D Téllez-Martínez, CR de Andrade… - Fungal biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Little is known about the differences in the CD4+ T-cell response induced by Sporothrix
schenckii and Sporothrix brasiliensis, the most virulent species that cause sporotrichosis …