R. Zancopé-Oliveira

Susceptibility Profiles Among Sporothrix brasiliensis Genotypes in the Ongoing Zoonotic Sporotrichosis Epidemic in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay

Sporothrix brasiliensis is the predominant etiological agent of sporotrichosis in Brazil and has been progressively expanding its geographic distribution to other countries in South America. The human patients infected with S. brasiliensis usually respond favorably to antifungal therapy. However, therapeutic failure ma...

Evaluation of a multiplex qPCR assay for rapid diagnosis of fungal pneumonia and tuberculosis in people with advanced HIV disease.

Unique Genetic Clades and Frequent Zoonotic Transmission of Sporothrix brasiliensis with Reduced Itraconazole Susceptibility

Sporothrix brasiliensis is driving a major zoonotic epidemic in Brazil, predominantly via cat-to-human transmission. In the late 1990s major outbreaks were reported in Rio de Janeiro (RJ) and Rio Grande do Sul (RS), the southernmost state. We characterized the antifungal susceptibility and genetic diversity of 450 S. b...