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Ritual Samoan body tattooing and associated sporotrichosis
1Dermatology Outpatient Department, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.
The Australasian Journal of Dermatology
|February 1, 1996
Abstract:
A 36 year old Samoan male who developed cutaneous sporotrichosis as a result of traditional body tattooing is reported. It is considered that the tattooing procedure was responsible for introducing the infection. He was treated with itraconazole, which produced resolution of the lesions.