Extracutaneous sporotrichosis in a patient with liver cirrhosis

Rev Iberoam Micol. 2007 Mar;24(1):41-3. doi: 10.1016/s1130-1406(07)70010-4.

Abstract

We report an unusual case of disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis with oral mucous and tracheal involvement in a forty-year-old male with a history of heavy drinking and liver cirrhosis. We also review the literature and other similar published cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / etiology
  • Adult
  • Candidiasis / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Glossitis / etiology
  • Glossitis / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / complications*
  • Male
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / etiology
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / microbiology*
  • Sporotrichosis / diagnosis*
  • Sporotrichosis / etiology
  • Tracheitis / etiology
  • Tracheitis / microbiology
  • Vasculitis / etiology
  • Vasculitis / microbiology*