Case Report 12
Submitted by Sandro Antonio Pereira / Jacques Guillot (jacques.guillot@oniris-nantes.fr)
| Host animal | Domestic cat |
| Case description | A 8-year-old male cat with alopecia, erythema and ulcerated skin lesion on the right hind limb (metatarsal region) The cat also presented ulcerated lesions on nasal mucosa Otherwise healthy |
| Geographic origin of the animal | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Etiologic agent and identification method | Sporothrix braziliensis / culture on Sabouraud dextrose agar |
| Applied therapy | The cat was treated by oral itraconazole (100 mg every day) for 8 months |
| Outcome | Clinical cure was obtained at the end of the treatment |
