Growth temperatures of isolates of Sporothrix schenckii from disseminated and fixed cutaneous lesions of sporotrichosis |
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Authors: | Maria B de Albornoz Mireya Mendoza Elvia D de Torres |
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Institution: | (1) Pan American Health Organization Center for Research and Training in Leprosy and Related Diseases, Instituto de Biomedicina, Sección Micología, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela |
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Abstract: | In 1979 Kwon Chung described two varieties of Sporothrix schenckii based on the thermotolerance of isolates from fixed cutaneous (35°C) and that of disseminated cutaneous forms (37°C) of sporotrichosis. Since we had not noted such a difference previously in a study of 100 cases of this disease (55% localized and 45% disseminated) wherein all the isolates grew at 37°C, we decided to repeat this work.Our results differ from those reported by Kwon Chung, since the isolates of both the fixed and disseminated forms of sporotrichosis grew at 37 and 38°C, even when we used inocula of 30 conidia (20–50) which according to Kwon Chung were needed to observe this difference. |
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