Title |
Feline sporotrichosis: associations between clinical-epidemiological profiles and phenotypic-genotypic characteristics of the etiological agents in the Rio de Janeiro epizootic area
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Published in |
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, March 2018
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DOI | 10.1590/0074-02760170407 |
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Authors |
Jéssica Sepulveda Boechat, Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira, Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Isabella Dib Ferreira Gremião, Ana Caroline de Sá Machado, Raquel de Vasconcelos Carvalhaes Oliveira, Anna Barreto Fernandes Figueiredo, Vanessa Brito de Souza Rabello, Karoline Benevides de Lima Silva, Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira, Tânia Maria Pacheco Schubach, Sandro Antonio Pereira |
Abstract |
Sporotrichosis is caused by species of the genus Sporothrix. From 1998 to 2015, 4,703 cats were diagnosed at the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Even after the description of the Sporothrix species, the characterisation of feline isolates is not performed routinely. To characterise the clinical isolates from cats at the species level and correlate them with the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the cats. Forty seven Sporothrix spp. isolates from cats assisted at Fiocruz from 2010 to 2011 were included. Medical records were consulted to obtain the clinical and epidemiological data. The isolates were identified through their morphological and physiological characteristics. T3B polymerase chain reaction (PCR) fingerprinting was used for molecular identification of the species. In phenotypic tests, 34 isolates were characterised as S. brasiliensis, one as S. schenckii and 12 as Sporothrix spp. PCR identified all isolates as S. brasiliensis. S. brasiliensis is the only etiological agent of feline sporotrichosis in Rio de Janeiro to date. None association was found between the isolates and the clinical and epidemiological data. In addition, we strongly recommend the use of molecular techniques for the identification of isolates of Sporothrix spp. |
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