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Volume 25, Number 10—October 2019
Research

Sporotrichosis in the Highlands of Madagascar, 2013–20171

Tahinamandranto Rasamoelina, Danièle Maubon, Onivola Raharolahy, Harinjara Razanakoto, Njary Rakotozandrindrainy, Fetra Angelot Rakotomalala, Sébastien Bailly, Fandresena Sendrasoa, Irina Ranaivo, Malalaniaina Andrianarison, Benja Rakotonirina, Abel Andriantsimahavandy, Fahafahantsoa Rapelanoro Rabenja, Mala Rakoto Andrianarivelo, Lala Soavina Ramarozatovo, and Muriel CornetComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Centre d’Infectiologie Charles Mérieux, Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar (T. Rasamoelina, F.A. Rakotomalala, M.R. Andrianarivelo); University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France (D. Maubon, S. Bailly, M. Cornet); Unité de Soins de Formation et de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Joseph Raseta Befelatanana, Antananarivo (O. Raharolahy, H. Razanakoto, F. Sendrasoa, I. Ranaivo, M. Andrianarison, F.R. Rabenja, L.S. Ramarozatovo); Unité Para-clinique de Formation et de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Joseph Ravoahangy, Antananarivo (N. Rakotozandrindrainya); Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo (B. Rakotonirina, A. Andriantsimahavandy); Pavillon Spécial A Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Befelatanana, Antananarivo (L.S. Ramarozatovo)

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Table 2

Description of sporotrichosis cases in a cohort of patients with chronic cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions, Madagascar, March 2013–June 2017*

Characteristic
 Sporotrichosis, no. (%), n = 63
 Other, no. (%), n = 85
 p value
Recruitment period 0.16†
2013, from March 1 6 (9.6) 10 (11.8)
2014 16 (25.4) 12 (14.1)
2015 21 (33.3) 26 (30.6)
2016 13 (20.6) 23 (27.1)
2017, until May 31
 7 (11.1)
 14 (16.4)
Age range, y 0.2‡
3–18 11 (17.5) 6 (7.1)
19–33 15 (23.8) 16 (18.8)
34–48 17 (27.0) 30 (35.3)
49–63 12 (19.1) 17 (20.0)
64–80
 8 (12.7)
 16 (18.8)
Sex 0.29‡
M 44 (69.8) 67 (78.8)
F
 19 (30.2)
 18 (21.2)
Lesion location <0.0001‡
Leg 30 (47.6) 63 (74.2)
Arm 31 (49.2) 11 (12.9)
Other§
 2 (3.2)
 11 (12.9)
Occupation 0.07‡
Farmer 33 (52.4) 43 (50.6)
Service sector 8 (12.7) 23 (27.1)
Student 9 (14.3) 11 (12.9)
Craftsman/tradesman 10 (15.8) 4 (4.7)
Unemployed
 3 (4.8)
 4 (4.7)
Region of contamination <0.0001‡
Highlands region
Analamanga 38 (60.3) 18 (21.2)
Amoron’i Mania 8 (12.7) 4 (4.7)
Bongolava 3 (4.8) 0 (0)
Itasy 6 (9.5) 3 (3.5)
Vakinankaratra 7 (11.1) 3 (3.5)
Other 1 (1.6)¶ 57 (67.1)

*Mean (±SD) ages: sporotrichosis patients 38.1 (±19.5); other patients, 43.2 (±18.1); p = 0.10 (Student t test p value to compare mean age between both groups).
†χ2 test for trend.
‡χ2 or Fisher exact test to compare categorical variables between both groups.
§On trunk, leg and arm, or leg and thorax.
¶Localized to Atsinanana.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the 20th ISHAM Conference; June 29–July 5, 2018; Amsterdam, the Netherlands (abstract no. S1.4d).

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