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<journal-id>1816-8949</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Anales de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas (Asunción)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[An. Fac. Cienc. Méd. (Asunción)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1816-8949</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[EFACIM. Editorial de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas - Universidad Nacional de Asunción]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1816-89492020000300177</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/anales/2020.053.03.177</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Valor de las técnicas moleculares y de los factores de riesgo en el diagnóstico y evolución de la esporotricosis. A propósito de 2 casos por Sporothrix brasiliensis y S. globosa]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Value of molecular techniques and risk factors in the diagnosis and evolution of sporotrichosis. About 2 cases of Sporothrix brasiliensis and S. globosa]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Aldama]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Arnaldo]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Aldama]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Guillermo]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Pereira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Cátedra de Dermatología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Nacional Servicio de Dermatología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Itaugua ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
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<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Nacional Departamento de Medicina Interna ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Itaugua ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
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<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Especialidades Dermatológicas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>53</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>177</fpage>
<lpage>184</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1816-89492020000300177&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1816-89492020000300177&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1816-89492020000300177&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La Esporotricosis es una micosis profunda causada por el hongo dimorfo Sporothrix schenckii, El advenimiento de técnicas moleculares como la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa ha hecho posible identificar varias especies dentro del complejo Sporothrix spp como S. brasiliensis, S. schenckii sensu stricto, S. globosa, S mexicana y S. albicans. Las diferencias son moleculares, pero también geográficas, macroscópicas, en asimilación de azúcares y crecimiento de colonias a 37º; determinando formas clínicas, evolución y respuestas terapéuticas diferentes. Comunicamos 2 casos de Esporotricosis diagnosticados en el Hospital Nacional de Paraguay, cuyos estudios de PCR del gen de la calmodulina hechos en el extranjero, determinaron ser producidos por S. brasiliensis y S. globosa respectivamente. El objetivo de la comunicación es resaltar la importancia de las técnicas moleculares para el diagnóstico preciso de la especie de Sporothrix spp, considerando los factores de riesgo asociados a la caracterización epidemiológica y a las diferencias clínico-evolutivas de los casos de esporotricosis.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Sporotrichosis is a deep mycosis caused by the dimorphic fungus Sporothrix schenckii. The advent of molecular techniques as the polymerase chain reaction has made it possible to identify several species within the Sporothrix spp complex such as S. brasiliensis, S. schenckii sensu stricto, S. globosa, S mexicana and S. albicans. The differences are molecular but also geographic, macroscopic, in sugar assimilation and colony growth at 37º, determining different clinical forms, evolution and therapeutic responses. We report 2 cases of sporotrichosis diagnosed in the National Hospital of Paraguay, whose studies of PCR of the calmodulin gene carried out abroad, determined to be produced by S. brasiliensis and S. globosa respectively. The objective of the communication is to highlight the importance of molecular techniques for the precise diagnosis of the species of Sporothrix spp, considering the risk factors associated with the epidemiological characterization and the clinical-evolutionary differences of the cases of sporotrichosis.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Esporotricosis por Sporothrix brasiliensis]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Esporotricosis en Paraguay.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Sporothrix brasiliensis sporotrichosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Sporothrix globosa sporotrichosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Sporotrichosis in Paraguay.]]></kwd>
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