Table 1.
Demographic, clinical, mycological and therapeutic data
| Parameters | Results |
|---|---|
| Dermatological consults | 1,654 |
| Cases of sporotrichosis | 73 cases (4.4%) |
| Age | Youngest: 1 year; oldest: 76 years. |
| Average: 25.8 years | |
| Children (<15 years old): 37 (50.68%) | |
| Adults: 36 (49.31%) | |
| Gender | Male: 33 (45.2%). |
| Female: 40 (54.8%) | |
| Occupation | Peasants: 22 (30.13%) |
| Housework and peasants: 14 (19.17%) | |
| Children with rural work: 24 (32.87%) | |
| Children without rural work: 13 (17.80%) | |
| Anatomical site | Upper limbs: 30 (41.09%) |
| Lower limbs: 16 (21.91%) | |
| Face: 16 (21.91%) | |
| Trunk: 3 (4.10%) | |
| Several locations: 8 (10.95%) | |
| Clinical features | Lymphocutaneous: 41 (56.16%) |
| Fixed cutaneous: 24 (32.87%) | |
| Disseminated cutaneous: 8 (10.95%) | |
| Mycological data | Isolation of Sporothrix schenckii (sl): 73 (100%) |
| Biopsy was performed: 29 (39.7%), with suppurative granuloma. 4/29 (13.7%) had elongated yeasts | |
| Sporotrichin (skin reaction) was applied in: 44 (60.2%) 43/44 were positive (97.7%) and 1/73 negative (2.2%) | |
| Treatment | Potassium iodide: 54/54 (100%) achieved clinical and mycological cure. |
| Remaining patients did not attend subsequent visits |