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Skin Tattooing As A Novel Approach For DNA Vaccine Delivery
Published on: October 18, 2012
Tattooing as a gateway to Sporothrix brasiliensis infection
Vanice Rodrigues Poester1, Cecília Bittencourt Severo2,3, Camila Almeida Estácio da Silva2
1Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina (FAMED), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil.
Abstract:
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.
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