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Guideline for the management of feline sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis and literature revision

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We herein present a Brazilian guideline for the management of feline sporotrichosis, a mycosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis. This guideline is an effort of a national technical group organized by the Working Group on Sporothrix and Sporotrichosis of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM). This publication intends to provide information on clinical-epidemiological aspects of this zoonosis, as well as a literature revision. Moreover, it gives some practical information on diagnosis and treatment of feline sporotrichosis. It also contains information that can be helpful for the prevention and control of S. brasiliensis transmission.

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The authors are grateful to Luisa Helena Monteiro de Miranda, Anna Barreto Fernandes Figueiredo, Manoel Marques Evangelista de Oliveira, Jéssica Sepulveda Boechat, Isabela Maria da Silva Antonio, and Maria Lopes Corrêa (Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Dermatozoonoses em Animais Domésticos, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil); Andréa Salvador de Almeida (Centro de Controle de Zoonozes, Salvador, BA, Brazil); Romeika Karla dos Reis Lima; and Kamylla Moura Gadêlha (Canis & Catus Especialidades, Clínica Veterinária, Natal, RN, Brazil) for the technical support. SAP was supported in part by Jovem Cientista do Nosso Estado 2019 (JCNE)–FAPERJ (Grant No. E-26/202.737/2019) and has a productivity fellowship from “Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).”

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Gremião, I.D.F., Martins da Silva da Rocha, E., Montenegro, H. et al. Guideline for the management of feline sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis and literature revision. Braz J Microbiol 52, 107–124 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42770-020-00365-3

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