Is Sporothrix chilensis circulating outside Chile?

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Carlos Alberto Tiburcio Valeriano, Reginaldo Gonçalves de Lima-Neto, Cícero Pinheiro Inácio, Vanessa Brito de Souza Rabello, Ertênia Paiva Oliveira, Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira, Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Rejane Pereira Neves, Manoel Marques Evangelista de Oliveira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008151; https://doaj.org/article/4bf10b29942840d38873129c4b3c2a63

Sporothrix chilensis is a mild-pathogenical specie of Sporothrix pallida complex, until now, known as restrict to Chile. Herein, we describe the first clinical isolates identified as S. chilensis in Brazil, preserved in the URM Culture Collection, by polyphasic taxonomy, and their respective antifungal profile of this emergent fungus.