Disseminated sporotrichosis in a patient with a past history of lepromatous leprosy: a case report

Abstract

Disseminated sporotrichosis is uncommon and usually occurs in patients who are immunodeficient. Here we describe a male patient who was otherwise in good physical condition, who presented with disseminated sporotrichosis. The only significant event in his past medical history was lepromatous leprosy which had been treated 42 years earlier.

Keywords:

• disseminated sporotrichosis
• leprosy

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the doctors and all other staff involved in the care of this patient at the Department of Dermatology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

This paper was first published online on Early Online on 7 November 2011.