文摘
Leishmaniasis and sporotrichosis endemic areas overlap in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Eighty-nine patients with clinical suspicion of cutaneous leishmaniasis were submitted to biopsy of the lesions. Fragments of the lesions were cultured in Novy-MacNeal-Nicolle (NNN) + Schneider media, which is appropriate for Leishmania parasites. There was growth of Sporothrix schenckii sensu lato in NNN + Schneider media in 98% of the confirmed 64 sporotrichosis cases. NNN + Schneider media can serve as additional tools for the diagnosis of sporotrichosis in areas where both cutaneous leishmaniasis and sporotrichosis are endemic.