Schubach Armando, Schubach Tânia Maria Pacheco, Barros Mônica Bastos de Lima, Wanke Bodo
Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Dec;11(12):1952-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1112.040891.
Sporotrichosis is an emerging zoonosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From 1998 to 2003, 497 humans and 1,056 cats with culture-proven sporotrichosis were studied. A total of 421 patients, 67.4% with a history of a scratch or bite, reported contact with cats that had sporotrichosis.
孢子丝菌病是巴西里约热内卢一种新出现的人畜共患病。1998年至2003年期间,对497例经培养证实患有孢子丝菌病的人类患者和1056只猫进行了研究。共有421名患者(67.4%有抓伤或咬伤史)报告与患有孢子丝菌病的猫有过接触。