Rapidly Progressive Disseminated Sporotrichosis as the First Presentation of HIV Infection in a Patient with a Very Low CD4 Cell Count
Joint Authors
da Silva, Guilherme Almeida Rosa
de Azevedo, Karime
Motta, Rogerio Neves
Silva, Walter de Araujo Eyer
Ferry, Fernando Raphael de Almeida
Pinto, Jorge Francisco da Cunha
Basilio-de-Oliveira, Rodrigo Panno
de Oliveira-Esteves, Isis Cristine Morávia Ribeiro
de Araujo, Luciana Ferreira
Martins, Carlos José
Signorini, Dario José Hart Pontes
Moura, Lívia Machado
Laterça, Rafael Jacyntho
Pereira, Diogo Raphael Garcia de Oliveira
do Lago, Isabela Vieira
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-09-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Sporotrichosis is a human and animal disease caused by species of the Sporothrix schenckii complex.
It is classically acquired through traumatic inoculation of fungal elements.
Most frequently, sporotrichosis presents as a fixed cutaneous or as a lymphocutaneous form.
A much smaller number of cases occur as cutaneous disseminated and disseminated forms.
These cases require immediate diagnosis and management to reduce morbidity and mortality.
We present the case of a 34-year-old male patient in whom the first presentation of HIV infection was a rapidly progressive sporotrichosis with multiple cutaneous lesions, a high fungal burden in tissues, and pulmonary involvement.
He had an extremely low CD4 cell count (06/mm3).
Treatment with amphotericin B deoxycholate led to complete clinical resolution.
Sporotrichosis remains a neglected opportunistic infection among HIV-infected patients in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, and awareness of this potentially fatal infection is of utmost importance if treatment is not to be delayed and if potentially devastating complications are to be avoided.
American Psychological Association (APA)
de Oliveira-Esteves, Isis Cristine Morávia Ribeiro& da Silva, Guilherme Almeida Rosa& Silva, Walter de Araujo Eyer& Basilio-de-Oliveira, Rodrigo Panno& de Araujo, Luciana Ferreira& Martins, Carlos José…[et al.]. 2017. Rapidly Progressive Disseminated Sporotrichosis as the First Presentation of HIV Infection in a Patient with a Very Low CD4 Cell Count. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
de Oliveira-Esteves, Isis Cristine Morávia Ribeiro…[et al.]. Rapidly Progressive Disseminated Sporotrichosis as the First Presentation of HIV Infection in a Patient with a Very Low CD4 Cell Count. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1146304
American Medical Association (AMA)
de Oliveira-Esteves, Isis Cristine Morávia Ribeiro& da Silva, Guilherme Almeida Rosa& Silva, Walter de Araujo Eyer& Basilio-de-Oliveira, Rodrigo Panno& de Araujo, Luciana Ferreira& Martins, Carlos José…[et al.]. Rapidly Progressive Disseminated Sporotrichosis as the First Presentation of HIV Infection in a Patient with a Very Low CD4 Cell Count. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1146304
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1146304