A fungus called Sporothrix brasiliensis spreads from cats to humans, and concerns are growing over its rapid dispersal.

A 22-year-old woman presented with an ulcer on her right earlobe 2 months ago, with inflammation and enlarged ipsilateral lymph nodes in her neck. She was treated with antibiotics without success and ...

Like many other cities and states, Paranaguá is experiencing an outbreak of sporotrichosis. The disease, which especially affects felines, is considered a zoonosis because humans can also contract it ...

A cat exhibiting a characteristic cutaneous lesion on its nose caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis in Rio de Janeiro. Courtesy of Dr. Sandro Antonio Pereira (Laboratory of Clinical Research on ...

Four cases of pulmonary sporotrichosis have been observed in three institutions in Ohio. Three of these cases represent primary pulmonary infection, and one represents disseminated disease associated ...

Sporotrichosis is caused by fungi belonging to the genus Sporothrix, and is generally acquired by traumatic inoculation. A 26-year-old man developed pustular lesions and a 6-kg weight loss after ...

Sporotrichosis, the cutaneous mycosis most commonly reported in Latin America, is caused by the Sporothrix clinical clade species, including Sporothrix brasiliensis and Sporothrix schenckii sensu ...

A SKIN-BLISTERING fungal infection typically found in cats has been discovered in a human. The vet in Kansas, US, picked up the disease after she was scratched by a pet cat. Please provide a valid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cluster of rare fungal infections was found in two pet cats and a vet who treated them, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

A cluster of rare fungal infections was found in two pet cats and a vet who treated them, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday in a report in the journal Emerging Infectious ...

The report comes as the CDC is monitoring the spread of a similar fungal infection, also in cats, in South America. That infection is spread by a related fungus called Sporothrix brasiliensis and hasn ...