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TROPICAL/INFECTOPARASITARY DERMATOLOGY • An. Bras. Dermatol. 95 (3) • May-Jun 2020 • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2019.08.029   copy

Systemic sporotrichosis in an alcoholic patient☆ ☆ How to cite this article: Barros NM, Pessoa AS, Brotas AM. Systemic sporotrichosis in an alcoholic patient. An Bras Dermatol. 2020;95:373-5. ,☆☆ ☆☆ Study conducted at the Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

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Abstract

A 44-year-old male patient presented with nodules that evolved with inflammation, following drainage of seropurulent secretion and ulceration. The patient had a 6 year-history of alcohol addiction and reported contact with cats. At the physical examination, the patient had skin-colored and erythematous nodules, and ulcers covered with thick, blackened crusts on the face, trunk and limbs. A culture of a nodule fluid revealed growth of Sporotrix sp. He also had pulmonary involvement and therefore the disease was classified as systemic sporotrichosis, a rare form that usually affect patients infected with HIV. Chronic alcohol abuse was considered the factor of immunosuppression for the patient.

KEYWORDS
Alcoholism; Immunosuppression; Sporotrichosis

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