Abstract
Sporotrichosis has multiple clinical manifestations, and its cutaneous-disseminated form is uncommon and, in most cases, related to immunosuppressive conditions. We report the case of a 47-year-old male patient who presented with multiple cutaneous nodules and ulcers on the left upper limb and the right thigh, with no other comorbidities. Until the diagnosis was confirmed, the patient was initially given empiric antifungal treatment with itraconazole, which showed unsatisfactory results at a local hospital. Then, he was treated with voriconazole, which led to the slow improvement of his skin lesions. At one point during the voriconazole treatment course, the patient briefly self-discontinued voriconazole for economic reasons, and the lesions recurred and worsened. The patient was finally diagnosed with cutaneous-disseminated sporotrichosis based on the isolation and identification of Sporothrix globosa. Susceptibility testing revealed that the isolate was resistant to itraconazole, fluconazole, voriconazole, terbinafine, and amphotericin. Considering the patient's poor financial condition, potassium iodide was administered. After 1-month of therapy with potassium iodide, he reported rapid improvement of his skin lesions. The patient continued potassium iodide treatment for another 5 months until the full resolution of lesions was achieved.
Introduction
Sporotrichosis is a sub-acute to chronic subcutaneous mycosis caused by the ubiquitous, thermodimorphic fungus, Sporothrix complex (Valeriano et al., 2020). It occurs worldwide, predominantly in tropical and subtropical countries, such as Mexico, Central America, South America, and Africa (Barros et al., 2011). According to the immune status of the host, the load and location of the inoculation, and the thermal tolerance of the strain, sporotrichosis presents a series of clinical manifestations, which are clinically categorized into fixed cutaneous, lymphocutaneous, cutaneous-disseminated, and extracutaneous forms (Bonifaz and Tirado-Sánchez, 2017). Lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis is the most common form, while the cutaneous-disseminated form is uncommon and is mostly related to immunosuppressed individuals (Severo et al., 1999; Bonifaz and Vazquez-Gonzalez, 2010). Herein, a rare case of cutaneous-disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent man is presented.
Case presentation
A 47-year-old male patient presented to our hospital with multiple cutaneous nodules and ulcers on the left upper limb and the right thigh. He worked as a farmer in a rural region and had no pathological history. The lesions initially appeared 4 years ago on his middle finger of the left hand, where trauma occurred when he cut yak meat, and then, it gradually spread to the rest of his left upper limb and the right thigh. Over the past 4 years, he was hospitalized two times at a local hospital for presumed cutaneous invasive fungal infection and non-tuberculous Mycobacterium infection and had received empiric treatment with itraconazole, rifampicin, and levofloxacin for nearly 2 years with no obvious improvement. Then, the patient presented to the infection department of the West China Hospital and was hospitalized.
Blood investigations revealed an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 24 mm/h, an absolute CD3 lymphocyte count of 937 cell/μl, and an absolute CD8 lymphocyte count of 237 cell/μl. Absolute CD4 lymphocyte count, white blood cell count, and neutrophil percentage were normal. TB interferon-gamma release assay (TB-IGRA) was positive. Other blood investigations, including liver function, renal function, HIV, and viral hepatitis screening, were normal. Ultrasonography of the abdomen was also normal. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed several sub-centimeter pulmonary nodules without lymphadenopathy. The culture of skin species for bacteria revealed Staphylococcus epidermidis, while that for fungi and mycobacteria was negative. Silver methenamine stain from biopsy tissue revealed several suspicious fungal spores. Detection of the skin tissue by the next-generation sequencing (NGS) was negative for bacteria, viruses, fungi, and mycobacteria.
Before empiric antifungal treatment, the patient was referred to the dermatology clinic for screening for cutaneous fungal infection. Physical examination revealed large scattered verrucous and ulcerated nodules with overlying necrotic eschar on the left upper limb. Further examination of the trunk and extremities revealed scattered crusted papules and plaques on the right thigh (Figure 1). After skin tissue culture for fungi was performed in the dermatology clinic, the patient was discharged and started on empiric oral voriconazole 400 mg daily. The fungal culture on sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) at 28°C for 10 days grew into grayish-white colonies (Figure 2A). Microscopic examination with slide culture and scanning electron microscope observations of the colony indicated the morphology of Sporothrix spp. (Figures 2B,C). The strain was identified as Sporothrix globosa by calmodulin gene (CAL) sequence analysis.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Based on the aforementioned evidence, a diagnosis of cutaneous-disseminated sporotrichosis was finally established, but the patient had not shown up for follow-up but continued antifungal therapy with voriconazole at a local hospital. During a telephone follow-up, the patient reported a slow improvement after voriconazole treatment. After 8 months of antifungal treatment, the patient self-discontinued voriconazole due to financial constraints, and the lesions recurred and worsened (Figure 3). He visited our dermatology clinic again for further treatment. An antifungal susceptibility test was performed by using the E-test (BIO KONT, China), which revealed that the isolate in this case was resistant to itraconazole, fluconazole, voriconazole, terbinafine, and amphotericin. Meanwhile, considering the patient's poor financial condition, a 10% solution of potassium iodide was administered. After 1-month of therapy with potassium iodide, there was a rapid improvement in his skin lesions. He continued potassium iodide treatment for another 5 months until there was a complete resolution of lesions (Figure 4). There was no recurrence at the 6-month follow-up.
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Figure 4
Discussion
Cutaneous-disseminated sporotrichosis (CDS) is characterized by multiple skin lesions at non-contiguous sites without extracutaneous involvement. Lesions of the fixed and lymphocutaneous forms may coexist in the same patient (Barros et al., 2011). The entity identified in this patient is a rare form of sporotrichosis, which only accounts for <1.75–8% of cases of Sporothrix infections (Song et al., 2013; Garcia et al., 2021). In China, the incidence of CDS is even lower. The cutaneous-disseminated form represented only 0.34% (14/4,969) of all sporotrichosis cases in a large-scale clinical epidemiological investigation of sporotrichosis reported from China (Lv et al., 2022).
CDS in most cases affffects immunodefificient individuals, frequently related to patients with HIV, hematologic cancer, diabetes mellitus, steroid treatment, chronic alcoholism, malnutrition, those who are pregnant and had undergone transplantation (Bonifaz and Tirado-Sánchez, 2017). There are few reports of immunocompetent individuals with disseminated lesions (Almeida-Paes et al., 2014), as in this patient. Dissemination in immunocompetent hosts has been linked to cat scratches, which cause multi-site repeat inoculations (Barros et al., 2011; Bonifaz and Tirado-Sánchez, 2017).
A literature search was performed in the PubMed database using the item “disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis” for cases reported from January 2002 to June 2022 (Table 1). Of the 52 published cases of CDS found from the review, 35% were women and 65% were men, with an average age of 45.7 years (range 5–76 years). Among them, 28 patients were from Brazil, eight from the United States, five from Mexico, four from Malaysia, and two from China. HIV, diabetes, alcoholism, and a history of cat contact are the common predisposing factors. In the review, 22 published cases of CDS occur in hosts without obvious immunocompromised conditions.
Table 1
| Time | Country | Age/sex | Risk factor | Site of primary lesion | Clinical manifestations | Diagnostic method | Pathogen | Treatment | Outcome | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Brazil | 45/male | Cat scratch | Upper limbs | Ulcerated nodules | Culture | Sporothrix globosa | ITZ | Improved | Queiroz-Telles et al., 2022 |
| 2022 | Brazil | 52/male | Minor occupational injury | Hands, right forearm, eyes, feet, legs, buttocks | Ulcerated nodules | Culture, PCR | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ | Cure | Queiroz-Telles et al., 2022 |
| 2022 | Malaysia | 50/male | Gardening and contact with cats | Fac, trunk, extremities | Multiple nodules | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | AMB, ITZ | Unknown | Seow et al., 2022 |
| 2022 | Japan | 76/male | IgG4-related disease, prednisolone therapy | Forearms, upper back | Irregularly-shaped dark red plaques, ulcers | Culture, PCR, histopathology | Sporothrix globosa | ITZ, TRB | Cure | Nomoto et al., 2022 |
| 2022 | PRC | 55/female | Tuberculous peritonits | Knee, arms, left leg, hands, knees, left wrist | Erythematous and broken lesions | Culture, PCR, histopathology | Sporothrix globosa | ITZ | Improved | Shi et al., 2022 |
| 2021 | Mexico | 21/male | ND | Chest, abdominal wall, arms, forearms | Multiple ulcerated nodules | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | KI | Improved | Martínez-Herrera et al., 2021 |
| 2021 | USA | 37/female | Gardening, heart surgery | Posterior aspect of right elbow | Multiple nodules, arthralgias | Culture, PCR, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ | ND | Garcia et al., 2021 |
| 2020 | Brazil | 41/female | Kidney-pancreas transplantation, diabetes | Cutaneous, oral and nasal mucosa | ND | Culture, PCR, histopathology | Sporothrix brasiliensis | AMB, ITZ, TRB | Cure | Fichman et al., 2021 |
| 2020 | Brazil | 43/male | Renal-transplant-recipient | Nose, upper lips, scalp, dorsum, oral and nasal mucosa | Ulcerated and crusted nodules, molluscum-like papales | Culture, PCR, histopathology | Sporothrix brasiliensis | AMB-L + ITZ | Death | Fichman et al., 2021 |
| 2020 | Brazil | 61/female | Cat scratch and diabetes mellitus | Upper limbs, trunk, face | Verrucous and ulcerated plaques | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix brasiliensis | AMB, ITZ | Cure | Valeriano et al., 2020 |
| 2020 | Brazil | 26/female | Cat bites | Arms, hands, fingers | Multiple nodules | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix brasiliensis | ITZ | Cure | Valeriano et al., 2020 |
| 2020 | Brazil | 64/male | Type 1 diabetes | Hands, arm, elbow | Erythematous nodules and ulcers | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix brasiliensis | ITZ, local heat | Cure | Valeriano et al., 2020 |
| 2020 | Brazil | 46/female | Cat scratch | Back, left arm, face | Ulcerated nodules, lymphangitis | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix brasiliensis | ITZ | Cure | Valeriano et al., 2020 |
| 2020 | Mexico | 45/male | Bucket striking | Distal third of the right leg, both lower legs | Ulcers | Culture, PCR, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ | Cure | Alvarez-Rivero et al., 2020 |
| 2020 | Brazil | 38/female | HIV infection, cats contact | Hands, back, face | Erythematous papules, pustules, ulcers, crusts | Culture, PCR, histopathology | Sporothrix brasiliensis | AMB, ITZ | Cure | Poester et al., 2020 |
| 2020 | Brazil | 56/male | Alcoholism | Left wrist, face, scalp, left arm, skin | Erythematous and ulcerated nodules | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix species | AMB, ITZ | Improved | Valente et al., 2020 |
| 2019 | USA | 62/male | Play golf | Left lateral thigh, left posterior thigh | Erythematous ulcers | Culture, PCR, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | AMB, PSZ,ITZ, TRB | Cure | White et al., 2019 |
| 2019 | USA | 35/female | Cats contact, alcoholism, diabetes | Right forearm, legs, contralateral arm, abdomen | Erythematous nodules, ulcerations | Culture | Sporothrix schenckii | AMB, PSZ,ITZ | Cure | Saeed et al., 2019 |
| 2018 | Peru | 42/male | ND | Face, limps, arms, legs | Erythematous and verrucous papules, plaques | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | KI | Improved | Rueda et al., 2018 |
| 2018 | Brazil | 13/female | ND | Throughout the body | Ulcerative lesions | Culture, PCR, histopathology | Sporothrix brasiliensis | ITZ | Improved | Fernandes et al., 2018 |
| 2018 | Japan | 47/male | Ulcerative colitis | Right lower leg, left pretibial area | Red nodules, ulcer | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix globosa | KI, local heat | Cure | Takazawa et al., 2018 |
| 2017 | USA | 57/female | Asthma, an arthropod bite | Left elbow, left upper arm | Ulcers, fevers, chills, fatigue | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ | Improved | Charles et al., 2017 |
| 2017 | Brazil | 39/female | Scratched by cat | Abdomen skin | Multiple sites ulcers | Culture, PCR, histopathology | Sporothrix brasiliensis | AMB, ITZ | Cure | Lima et al., 2017 |
| 2017 | Brazil | 47/male | Alcoholism | Left leg, limbs, trunk, abdomen, scalp | Cutaneous softened nodules, subcutaneous masses | Skin biopsy, mycological examination | Sporothrix | KI | Cure | Benvegnú et al., 2017 |
| 2017 | USA | 65/female | Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | Lip, left nares, left cheek, left arm, leg, upperback | Vegetative plaque, crusted papules, plaques | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | PSZ,ITZ | Cure | He et al., 2017 |
| 2017 | Brazil | 34/male | Alcoholism, HIV, cat contacts | Torso, face, chest, extremities | Annular brownish papules, reddish shallow ulcers | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix | AMB, ITZ | Improved | de Oliveira-Esteves et al., 2017 |
| 2017 | Brazil | 35/male | HIV positive | Cutaneous, osteoarticular, oral, nasal mucosa, left eye | Diffuse, ulcerated, crusty nodules | Culture, PCR | Sporothrix brasiliensis | AMB,ITZ | Cure | Biancardi et al., 2017 |
| 2017 | Brazil | 25/male | HIV positive, direct trauma | Cutaneous, osteoarticular, pulmonary, bone marrow, lymph nodal, eyes | Diffuse, ulcerated, crusty nodules | Culture, PCR | Sporothrix brasiliensis | AMB,ITZ | Cure | Biancardi et al., 2017 |
| 2017 | Brazil | 43/male | HIV positive, cat contacts | Cutaneous, osteoarticular, eyes | Diffuse, ulcerated, crusty nodules | Culture, PCR | Sporothrix brasiliensis | AMB,TRB | Cure | Biancardi et al., 2017 |
| 2016 | Brazil | 59/female | Cat scratch | Face, left cervical, upper limbs | Ulcerated nodules, lymphadenopathy | Culture | Sporothrix | ITZ | Cure | Medeiros et al., 2016 |
| 2016 | Zambia | 27/female | HIV positive | Nose, upper limbs, trunk | Skin rash, papules, ulcerated plaques | Histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ | Improved | Patel et al., 2016 |
| 2015 | Brazil | 5/male | ND | Face, gluteal region, upper and lower limbs | Nodular erythematous skin lesions | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii. | AMB, ITZ | Cure | Ribeiro et al., 2015 |
| 2015 | Mexico | 68/male | Alcoholism | Face, thorax, abdomen, limbs, head | NODULES, plaques | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ | Cure | Cotino Sánchez et al., 2015 |
| 2013 | USA | 41/male | HIV, alcoholism, cutaneous trauma | Left hand, other body sites | Nodules | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ | ND | Chang et al., 2013 |
| 2013 | Brazil | 39/female | ND | Left foot, lower limb, upper arm, groin, abdomen, back | Papules, nodules, ulcers | Culture, serology | Sporothrix schenckii | AMB, ITZ | Improved | Eustace et al., 2013 |
| 2013 | USA | 53/male | Hepatitis C, alcoholism | Chest, head, trunk, legs, arms | Erythematous, ulcers | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ | Improved | Sharon et al., 2013 |
| 2012 | Malaysia | 61/male | ND | Whole body | Ulcers | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | AMB, ITZ, TRB | Death | Tang et al., 2012 |
| 2012 | Malaysia | 71/female | ND | Face, upper limbs, lower limbs | Ulcerated nodules and plaques | culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | AMB, ITZ | Improved | Tang et al., 2012 |
| 2012 | Brazil | 59/male | HIV | Cutaneous, conjunctival mucosa | Papules, nodules, conjunctivitis | Culture | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ | Cure | Freitas et al., 2012 |
| 2012 | Brazil | 27/male | HIV | Cutaneous, meningoencephalitis | Plaque, papale | Culture | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ,AMB | Cure | Freitas et al., 2012 |
| 2012 | Brazil | 46/female | HIV | Cutaneous, osteoarticular, oral, nasal mucosa | Plaque, papale | Biopsy | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ,AMB | Cure | Freitas et al., 2012 |
| 2012 | Brazil | 26/male | HIV | Cutaneous, meningoencephalitis | Large cystic masses | Culture, biopsy | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ,AMB | Death | Freitas et al., 2012 |
| 2012 | Brazil | 47/male | HIV | Cutaneous, osteoarticular | Plaque, papale, nodule | Culture | Sporothrix schenckii | ITC,AMB | Cure | Freitas et al., 2012 |
| 2012 | Brazil | 44/male | HIV | Cutaneous (wide spread), nasal mucosa | Plaque, papale, nodule | Culture | Sporothrix schenckii | AMB | Cure | Freitas et al., 2012 |
| 2011 | PRC | 36/male | Pleurisy | Left leg, trunk, limbs | Nodules, abscesses, ulcers | Culture | Sporothrix schenckii | ND | ND | Zhang et al., 2011 |
| 2011 | Brazil | 52/male | Alcoholic hepatopathy | Left thigh, the rest of his body | Papules, nodules, ulcers, molluscum-like lesions | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | AMB, ITZ | Death | Schechtman et al., 2011 |
| 2011 | Malaysia | 70/female | Gardening, cat contacts | Face, upper and lower limbs | Ulcerated nodules | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | AMB, ITZ | Cure | Yap, 2011 |
| 2011 | Mexico | 36/male | ND | Dorsum and anterior abdomen | Papular lesion, ulcers | Culture, PCR, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | AMB,ITZ;KI | Cure | Romero-Cabello et al., 2011 |
| 2006 | Mexico | 74/male | ND | Anterior right wrist | Skin lymph nodes | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ | Unknown | Campos-Macías et al., 2006 |
| 2006 | USA | 40/male | Blackberry picking | Trunk, upper extremities, left arm | Ulcers, lesions | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ | Improved (almost healed) | Yang et al., 2006 |
| 2003 | Brazil | 24/male | HIV, alcoholism | Left leg, face, thorax, arms | Lesions | Culture, histopathology | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ | Improved | Carvalho et al., 2002 |
| 2002 | USA | 72/male | Diabetes | Left hand, abdomen, left elbow | Ulcer, nodules | Culture | Sporothrix schenckii | ITZ | Cure | Stalkup et al., 2002 |
Summary of reports on CDS in immunosuppressed and immunocompetent patients.
AMB, amphotericin B; ITZ, itraconazole; TRB, terbinafine; PSZ, posaconazole; KI, potassium iodide; ND, no data available.
Diagnosis of cutaneous-disseminated sporotrichosis is challenging due to its diverse clinical manifestations. The condition can affect any part of the body surface, presenting cutaneous features that include numerous ulcerated nodules and verrucous plaques (Saeed et al., 2019). This polymorphic presentation is distinct from the classic “sporotrichoid” appearance of the most common lymphocutaneous form of sporotrichosis. CDS can extend to mucous membranes, bones, joints, various organs, and systems and rapidly progress to fungemia (Bonifaz and Tirado-Sánchez, 2017).
Diagnosis of CDS is often delayed or misdiagnosed because its diverse clinical symptoms are easily confused with other conditions such as PG, Sweet's syndrome, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, and other mycotic or parasitic infections, including cutaneous leishmaniasis (Saeed et al., 2019). Culture from tissue fragments, exudative lesions, scales, sputum, and blood remains a gold standard for diagnosis. Culture using sabouraud dextrose agar, incubated at 25–30°C, is a standard technique applied in most cases, but it is time-consuming (Barros et al., 2011). The histopathologic features of granulomatous inflammation with cigar-shaped organisms and asteroid bodies are supportive but have low sensitivity (Barros et al., 2011).
Itraconazole and amphotericin B are the most useful therapies for patients with CDS, as in the current review (Saeed et al., 2019; Valeriano et al., 2020). In refractory cases, different combination therapies can be considered. Potassium iodide, an inexpensive and fairly safe preparation, has been found to be consistently effective against Sporothrix. Potassium iodide and itraconazole in combination with thermotherapy are preferred therapeutic options in cutaneous-disseminated cases of sporotrichosis (Valeriano et al., 2020). The treatment with potassium iodide alone or combined with hyperthermia has also been reported in CDS, as in our case and the four published cases described in the review (Benvegnú et al., 2017; Rueda et al., 2018; Takazawa et al., 2018; Martínez-Herrera et al., 2021).
In summary, CDS is an uncommon clinical form of infection caused by Sporothrix, and it is even rarer in immunocompetent hosts. Due to the increased incidence of the condition, it is significant to maintain a high degree of suspicion in the presence of lesions similar to that reported here. A fungal culture is crucial to confirm the diagnosis of CDS. Although itraconazole and amphotericin B have been recommended for CDS, potassium iodide is a safe and effective alternative.
Funding
This research was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81803150) and the HX-Academician project (HXYS19003) of West China Hospital, Sichuan University.
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Summary
Keywords
cutaneous disseminated sporotrichosis, Sporothrix globosa, potassium iodide, itraconazole, voriconazole (VCZ)
Citation
Zhuang K, Dai Y, Zhou Y, Ke Y, Ran X and Ran Y (2022) Oral treatment with 10% potassium iodide solution for refractory cutaneous-disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent adult: Case report. Front. Microbiol. 13:994197. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.994197
Received
14 July 2022
Accepted
23 August 2022
Published
28 October 2022
Volume
13 - 2022
Edited by
Wanqing Liao, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, China
Reviewed by
Gerson de Oliveira Paiva-Neto, Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil; Shuwen Deng, Suzhou High-tech Zone People's Hospital, China
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