Sporotrichosis: an emergent zoonosis in Rio de Janeiro

AUTOR(ES)

Barros, Mônica Bastos de Lima, Schubach, Tânia Maria Pacheco, Gutierrez Galhardo, Maria Clara, Schubach, Armando de Oliveira, Monteiro, Paulo Cezar Fialho, Reis, Rosani Santos, Zancopé-Oliveira, Rosely Maria, Lazéra, Márcia dos Santos, Cuzzi-Maya, Tullia, Blanco, Tânia Cristina Moita, Marzochi, Keyla Belizia Feldman, Wanke, Bodo, Valle, Antonio Carlos Francesconi do

FONTE

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2001-08

RESUMO

During the period from 1987 to 1998, 13 cases of human sporotrichosis were recorded at the Research Center Evandro Chagas Hospital (CPqHEC) in Rio de Janeiro. Two of these patients related scratch by a sick cat. During the subsequent period from July 1998 to July 2000, 66 human, 117 cats and 7 dogs with sporotrichosis were diagnosed at the CPqHEC. Fifty-two humans (78.8%) reported contact with cats with sporotrichosis, and 31 (47%) of them reporting a history of a scratch or bite. This epidemic, unprecedented in the literature, involving cats, dogs and human beings may have started insidiously before 1998.

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