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è â Sporotrichosis
- Sporothrix schenckii complex; ârose gardenerâs diseaseâ
- Traumatic inoculation (rose thorn, sphagnum moss, cats â Brazil epidemic)
- Lymphocutaneous pattern (multiple nodules in lymphatic chain)
- Asteroid body (Splendore-Hoeppli reaction)
- Treatment: itraconazole 200 mg bid à 3-6 mo; potassium iodide alternative; AmB severe
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è â Chromoblastomycosis
- Dematiaceous (pigmented) fungi: Fonsecaea, Cladophialophora
- Tropical
- Traumatic inoculation â verrucous cauliflower-like skin lesions
- Sclerotic bodies / Medlar bodies / muriform cells on histology â pathognomonic
- Treatment: itraconazole + terbinafine combination à months-years; cryotherapy; surgery
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è â Mycetoma
- Triad: tumor + sinus tracts + grains
- âMadura footâ
- 2 categories:
- Eumycetoma (true fungi â Madurella; black grains): itraconazole + surgery
- Actinomycetoma (filamentous bacteria â Nocardia; white/yellow/red grains): TMP-SMX + dapsone / rifampin
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è â Histology Pathognomonic Findings
- Sporothrix: asteroid body + cigar-shaped yeast
- Chromoblastomycosis: sclerotic / Medlar bodies / muriform cells
- Mycetoma: grains (color + composition by type)