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Sporothrix brasiliensis Treatment Failure without Initial Elevated Itraconazole MICs in Felids at Border of Brazil
Carolina Melchior do Prado
1, Bram Spruijtenburg
1, Emanuel Razzolini, Luciana Chiyo, Carlos Santi, Caroline Amaral Martins, Gabriela Santacruz, Nancy Segovia, José Pereira Brunelli, Regielly Caroline Raimundo Cognialli, Jacques F. Meis, Vânia Aparecida Vicente, Theun de Groot, Eelco F.J. Meijer
2, and Flávio Queiroz-Telles
2
Author affiliation: Radboudumc–CWZ Center of Expertise for Mycology, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (C.M. do Prado, B. Spruijtenburg, J.F. Meis, T. de Groot, E.F.J. Meijer); Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil (C.M. do Prado, E. Razzolini, R.C.R. Cognialli, V.A. Vicente, F. Queiroz-Telles); Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital (CWZ)/Dicoon, Nijmegen (B. Spruijtenburg, T. de Groot, E.F.J. Meijer); Zoonosis Control Center, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil (L. Chiyo, C. Santi, C.A. Martins); National University of the East, Minga Guazú, Paraguay (G. Santacruz, N. Segovia); Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare, Asuncion, Paraguay (J.P. Brunelli); Institute of Translational Research, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, Excellence Center for Medical Mycology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany (J.F. Meis)
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Figure 1. Heatmaps showing the spatial distribution of cats with proven sporotrichosis in the triple border region of Brazil (white), Paraguay (dark gray), and Argentina (light gray) during 2021–2023 in study of Sporothrix brasiliensis treatment failure without initial elevated itraconazole MICs in felids at border of Brazil. Red dots show locations of feline sporotrichosis cases during 2021 (A), 2022 (B), and 2023 (C) and for all 3 years combined (D). Numbers in red dots indicate multiple positive cats in the same house.
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