Abstract
Sporotrichosis is a mycotic disease of subacute and chronic evolution with cutaneous or subcutaneous nodular lesions, and less frequently disseminated in people with immunological compromise. The causal agent is a dimorphic fungus of the genus Sporothrix which is part of a complex of different species, among them, S. brasiliensis, S. globosa, S. mexicana and S. schenckii sensu stricto of …