Tattooing as a gateway to Sporothrix brasiliensis infection

• Published in: Medical mycology case reports Vol. 37; pp. 23 - 25
• Main Authors: Poester, Vanice Rodrigues, Severo, Cecília Bittencourt, da Silva, Camila Almeida Estácio, Stevens, David A., Trápaga, Mariana Rodrigues, Xavier, Melissa Orzechowski
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01-09-2022; Elsevier
• Subjects: Cat disease; Infectious disease; Special Section on Implantation Mycosis; Edited by Alexandro Bonifaz and Flavio de Queiroz Telles; Sporothrix spp; Sporotrichosis; Subcutaneous mycosis; Zoonosis; Infectious disease; Sporotrichosis; Zoonosis; Cat disease; Sporothrix spp; Subcutaneous mycosis
• ISSN: 2211-7539; 2211-7539
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2022.06.002

Recently, sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis transmitted during tattooing process was described in the epicenter of the Brazilian epidemic sporotrichosis. We report a similar case of this mycosis in a patient recently tattooed, but probably infected by a sick cat instead of via a contaminated procedure. Clinical cure was attained after two months of oral itraconazole. In the hyperendemic S. brasiliensis regions of sporotrichosis, health professionals must be aware of atypical transmissions of this fungus.