A case of sporotrichosis caused by different Sporothrix brasiliensis strains: mycological, molecular, and virulence analyses.
Manoel Marques Evangelista OliveiraRodrigo Almeida-PaesDanielly Corrêa-MoreiraCintia de Moraes BorbaRodrigo Caldas MenezesDayvison Francis Saraiva FreitasAntonio Carlos Francesconi do ValleArmando de Oliveira SchubachMonica Bastos de Lima BarrosJoshua D NosanchukMaria Clara Gutierrez-GalhardoRosely Maria Zancopé-OliveiraPublished in: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2019)
These findings indicate that the patient was infected by two genetically and biologically distinct S. brasiliensis that vary in their production of melanin in their environmental forms. The results underscore the importance of characterizing phenotypically different isolates found in the same clinical specimen or patient.