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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome presenting as disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis - case report

TThe authors report a case of disseminated cutaneous infection with Sporothrix schenckii in a previously asymptomatic HIV-infected 30 year-old man. Extensive cutaneous involvement was observed with suppurative collections and ulcerations. The agent was isolated in culture. Treatment with liposomal amphotericin B proved to be effective.

Sporotrichosis; HIV; AIDS; Liposomal amphotericin B


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