Can Cats Cause Colossal Contagious Cutaneous Carbuncles?
Insights gleaned from studying cats
This research study tried to answer a question few people had asked in public:
"Can Cats Cause Colossal Contagious Cutaneous Carbuncles?" N.F.T. Henckens, J.F.J. Rover, L. van Dommelen, and H.J. Bovenschen, Dermatology Online Journal, vol. 27, no. 4|, April 2021.
The authors, at Máxima Medical Center Veldhoven, and at Stichting PAMM, The Netherlands, explain:
Sporotrichosis is endemic in several South American, Asian, and African countries. Usually, transmission occurs through traumatic inoculation of soil, plants, or organic material, which are contaminated with fungal spores. Therefore, cutaneous sporotrichosis is also known as Rosebush or gardener’s mycosis. Herein, we present a woman with cutaneous sporotrichosis acquired by a zoonotic transmission source in Brazil.... Dermatological examination revealed a carbuncle on her right upper leg with ulceration and pus formation, surrounded by erythema.
In other words, or rather in one word, the answer is: yes.
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