Sporotrichosis in Children: Case series and Narrative Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Pediatric sporotrichosis has not been sufficiently studied; this review aims to evaluate the risk and prognostic factors related to the development of sporotrichosis associated to this age group. Also, we want to evaluate the causes of the increased number of cases of sporotrichosis in the pediatric population such as environmental changes in endemic areas, the biodiversity, and virulence among the pathogenic clade causing sporotrichosis in different areas of the globe, and especially the progression of the zoonotic transmission of infections caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis infections, associated to zoonotic transmission in Brazil and other endemic sporotrichosis countries.

Recent findings

After evaluating a case series of 40 patients, we found tha

SUBMITTER: Queiroz-Telles F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8902271 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature