Fungal Infections of Implantation (Subcutaneous Mycoses), 2nd Edition

A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control".

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1. Department of Public Health, Hospital de Clinicas, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
2. Serviço de Infectologia, Hospital de Clinicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná, Rua General Carneiro, 260, Curitiba, Paraná 80060-900, Brazil
Interests: endemic mycoses; mycoses of implantation; paracoccidioidomycosis; cryptococcois; inherited immunodeficiencies and mycoses
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1. Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino, IDOR, Rede D'Or, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
2. Hospital Universitário Presidente Dutra, Ebserh, UFMA, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Interests: chromoblastomycosis; phaeohyphomycosis; mycetoma; mycoses of implantation; Fungal Infections of Implantation (Subcutaneous Mycoses)
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Dear Colleagues,

Implantation or inoculation mycoses are a heterogeneous group of fungal diseases with subacute to chronic manifestations starting at the site of the inoculation of pathogenic fungi that gain entrance into the body through several types of transepithelial traumas. They are also known as “subcutaneous mycoses”, though this term seems to be imprecise as some of the implantation mycoses may also involve sites beyond the skin and the subcutaneous tissues (e.g., muscle, fascia, cartilage, and bone). In the immunocompromised host, some implantation mycoses may spread from a cutaneous port of entry to internal organs and disseminate.

Implantation mycoses are distributed worldwide, causing endemic mycoses in tropical and subtropical zones like sporotrichosis, eumycetoma, chromoblastomycosis, lobomycosis, and entomophthoromycosis, as well asglobal fungal infections like fungal keratitis, phaeohyphomycosis, mucormycosis, scedosporiosis, fusariosis, etc.

Implantation fungal infections may be the cause of significant mobility and mortality rates in immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts worldwide. Several implantation mycoses are also of veterinary interest, affecting different animals around the world, from cats to fish.

This Special Issue of the Journal of Fungi will publish peer-reviewed manuscripts related to implantation mycoses of human and veterinary relevance.

Dr. Flavio Queiroz-Telles
Dr. Daniel Wagner Santos
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Keywords

  • endemic mycoses
  • mycoses of implantation
  • paracoccidioidomycosis
  • cryptococcosis
  • inherited immunodeficiencies and mycoses

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Non-Zoonotic Transmission of Sporotrichosis: A Translational Study of Forty-Three Cases in a Zoonotic Hyperendemic Area
by Juliana Nahal, Rowena Alves Coelho, Fernando Almeida-Silva, Andréa Reis Bernardes-Engemann, Anna Carolina Procópio-Azevedo, Vanessa Brito de Souza Rabello, Rayanne Gonçalves Loureiro, Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas, Antonio Carlos Francesconi do Valle, Priscila Marques de Macedo, Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira, Margarete Bernardo Tavares da Silva, Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira, Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Maria Clara Gutierrez-Galhardo and Maria Helena Galdino Figueiredo-Carvalho
J. Fungi 2024, 10(9), 610; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10090610 - 27 Aug 2024
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Over the past two decades, zoonotic sporotrichosis transmitted by naturally infected cats has become hyperendemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sporothrix brasiliensis is the main agent involved. However, there are other forms of transmission of sporotrichosis. The aim of this study was to [...] Read more.
Over the past two decades, zoonotic sporotrichosis transmitted by naturally infected cats has become hyperendemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sporothrix brasiliensis is the main agent involved. However, there are other forms of transmission of sporotrichosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate and associate the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic data and the susceptibility of Sporothrix spp. to antifungal drugs in 43 non-zoonotic sporotrichosis cases. Forty-three clinical strains of Sporothrix were identified by partial sequencing of the calmodulin gene. An antifungal susceptibility test of amphotericin B, terbinafine, itraconazole, posaconazole and isavuconazole was performed according to the broth microdilution method. Most patients were male (55.8%). Regarding the source of infection, 21 patients (48.8%) reported trauma involving plants and/or contact with soil. Sporothrix brasiliensis was the predominant species (n = 39), followed by S. globosa (n = 3) and S. schenckii (n = 1). Sporothrix brasiliensis was associated with all the sources of infection, reinforcing previous data showing the presence of this species in environmental sources, as well as with all the clinical forms, including severe cases. One clinical strain of Sporothrix brasiliensis was classified as a non-wild-type strain for amphotericin B and another for itraconazole. S. schenckii was classified as non-WT for all the antifungals tested. In this context, it is important to emphasize that non-zoonotic sporotrichosis still occurs in the state of Rio de Janeiro, with S. brasiliensis as the main etiological agent, primarily associated with infections acquired after traumatic inoculation with plants and/or soil contact, followed by S. globosa and S. schenckii. In addition, non-WT strains were found, indicating the need to monitor the antifungal susceptibility profile of these species. It is crucial to investigate other natural sources of S. brasiliensis to better understand this fungal pathogen and its environment and host cycle. Full article
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First Cases of Feline Sporotrichosis Caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis in Paraguay
by Carolina Melchior do Prado, Emanuel Razzolini, Gabriela Santacruz, Leticia Ojeda, Marlon Roger Geraldo, Nancy Segovia, José Pereira Brunelli, Vânia Aparecida Vicente, Walfrido Kühl Svoboda and Flávio Queiroz-Telles
J. Fungi 2023, 9(10), 972; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9100972 - 27 Sep 2023
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Sporothrix brasiliensis is an emerging fungal pathogen causing cat-transmitted sporotrichosis, an epi-zoonosis affecting humans, cats and dogs in Brazil and now spreading to neighboring South American countries. Here, we report the first two autochthonous cases of cat-transmitted sporotrichosis in Paraguay. The first case [...] Read more.
Sporothrix brasiliensis is an emerging fungal pathogen causing cat-transmitted sporotrichosis, an epi-zoonosis affecting humans, cats and dogs in Brazil and now spreading to neighboring South American countries. Here, we report the first two autochthonous cases of cat-transmitted sporotrichosis in Paraguay. The first case was a four-year-old male cat showing several ulcerative lesions, nasal deformity and respiratory symptoms. The second case was a one-year-old male cat showing a single ulcerated lesion, respiratory symptoms and nasal deformity. Both cases were admitted to a veterinary clinic in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. Isolates were recovered from swabs of the two cases. Using molecular methods, the isolates were identified as S. brasiliensis. Full article
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