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Case Report
A case of disseminated sporotrichosis
Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases | Vol 39, No 1 | a648 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v39i1.648
| © 2024 Ashleigh A.S. Lamont, Kurai Tsoka, Sadhna Kooverjee, Michelle Venter
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 30 March 2024 | Published: 12 July 2024
Submitted: 30 March 2024 | Published: 12 July 2024
About the author(s)
Ashleigh A.S. Lamont, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaKurai Tsoka, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Sadhna Kooverjee, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Michelle Venter, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Abstract
Sporothrix schenckii is a thermally dimorphic fungus found in soil and in plant matter. Cutaneous sporotrichosis is the most common manifestation and disseminated sporotrichosis is the rarest. Delayed diagnoses are not uncommon. We report a case of disseminated sporotrichosis involving the skin, bones and joints, with subsequent joint destruction, tissue loss and permanent disability.
Contribution: This case report highlights the debilitating potential of sporotrichosis and its often elusive nature regarding diagnosis.
Keywords
Sporothrix schenckii; cutaneous sporotrichosis; disseminated sporotrichosis; osteo-articular sporotrichosis; human immunodeficiency virus
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