First report of sporotrichosis by Sporothrix brunneoviolacea
Sporotrichosis is a neglected fungal disease, affecting mammals. Here, a feline patient presented a small ulcerated lesion. Short treatment by itraconazole resulted in clinical cure. The isolate was identified as <i>Sporothrix brunneoviolacea</i> by sequencing. Despite proper growth, antifungal susceptibility testing by microbroth dilution could not be performed due to a lack of growth. This is the first report of sporotrichosis by <i>S. brunneoviolacea</i>, which was originally classified as an environmental and non-pathogenic species.
Authors
- Melissa Orzechowski Xavier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3883-0080)
- Theun de Groot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5841-6461)
- Eelco F. J. Meijer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0226-024X)
- Bram Spruijtenburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6734-361X)
- Karine Ortiz Sanchotene (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2727-2324)
- Bruna Muradás Esperon
- Mariana Rodrigues Trápaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1407-8135)
- Vanice Rodrigues Poester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7121-3861)
- Fabiana Fedatto Bernardon
- Jéssica Estefânia Dávila Hidalgo
- Bruna Jacomel
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (BR)
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis (NL)
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medical Mycology Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2025.100756
- Primary Topic
- Fungal Infections and Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00