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Sporotrichosis in the Orinoco river basin of Venezuela and Colombia |
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| Authors: | P Beer-Romero G Rodríguez-Ochoa R Angulo S Cabrera L Yarzábal |
| Institution: | (1) Centro Amazónico de Investigación y Control de Enfermedades Tropicales (CAICET), Apartado 59, 7101 Puerto Ayacucho, Territorio Federal Amazones, Venezuela;(2) 9 Cambridge Center, Rm409, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 02142 Cambridge, MA, USA |
| Abstract: | Six cases of sporotrichosis from the Orinoco river basin of Venezuela and Colombia are described; two are of the localized cutaneous type and four are lymphocutaneous. Diagnosis was based on the patient's clinical history and mycological culture. Epidemiology and distinctive cultural habits of the patients are discussed in connection with disease etiology.Abbreviations CAICET Amazonas Center for Investigation and Control of Tropical Diseases - TFA Amazonas Federal Territory |
| Keywords: | Amerindians Colombia Orinoco sporotrichosis Venezuela |
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