Table 2.

Epidemiology of Sporotrichosis in Central America and the Caribbean.

Region	Country	City	Number of Reported Cases	Vulnerable Population		Diagnostic Method	Type of Sporotrichosis	Etiological Agents (%)		References
				Sex	Age (Years)			Taxonomy
								Before 2017	After 2017
Central America	Costa Rica	San José	57 (1994–2015)	No data		Direct microscopy, culture, PCR (enzymatic restriction and sequencing of the calmodulin gen)	ND	S. schenckii sensu stricto 53 (93%) S. brasiliensis 2 (3.5%) Sporothrix spp. 2 (3.5%)	S. schenckii 53 (93%) S. brasiliensis 2 (3.5%) Sporothrix spp. 2 (3.5%)	[53]
	Guatemala	Guatemala City	11	Male 7 Female 4	Average 49 years	Fungal culture, Histopathology	Fixed cutaneous 9 (81.8%) Lymphocutaneous 2 (18.2%)	Sporothrix spp. (100%)	Sporothrix spp. (100%)	[54]
		Guatemala City	53 (2007–2016)	Male 33 Female 20	Average 44.1 years	Fungal culture, microscope with Lactophenol cotton blue	Lymphocutaneous 33 (62.2%) Fixed cutaneous 17 (32.1%) Disseminated 2 (3.8%) Chancre 1 (1.9%)	Sporothrix schenckii complex. (100%)	Sporothrix spp. (100%)	[55]
		Guatemala City	1	ND		Fungal culture, PCR sequencing (ITS 1- 2 and β -tubulin)	ND	Sporothrix schenckii sensu stricto	Sporothrix schenckii	[56]
	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	1	Male 1	14 years	Fungal culture	Lymphocutaneous 1 (100%)	S. schenckii	Sporothrix spp.	[57]
	Panamá	Chorrera District	1	Male 1	34 years	Clinical, Direct Microscopy, Fungal culture.	Lymphocutaneous 1 (100%)	ND	Sporothrix spp.	[58]
Caribbean	Cuba	Pinar del Río	1	Female 1	57 years	Histopathology Fungal culture	Lymphocutaneous	Sporothrix schenckii sensu lato (100%)	Sporothrix spp. (100%)	[59]
		Cumanayagüa	1	Male	67	Histopathology, Fungal culture, Microscopy with lactophenol cotton blue	Lymphocutaneous	Sporothrix schenckii sensu lato (100%)	Sporothrix spp. (100%)	[60]

ND: Not Determined.