
Subcutaneous Mycoses in Travelers
Author(s) -
Andrés TiradoSánchez,
Carlos FrancoParedes,
Alexandro Bonifáz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
current tropical medicine reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 2196-3045
DOI - 10.1007/s40475-020-00216-z
Subject(s) - medicine , travel medicine , geography , veterinary medicine , pathology
The increase in international travel in recent decades has contributed to the risk of acquiring diseases considered endemic to a region or country and the change in the epidemiology of these diseases. Endemic mycoses that may be acquired by travelers in the short or long term are endemic subcutaneous mycoses such as sporotrichosis and lobomycosis, while endemic systemic mycoses are a group of serious diseases including histoplasmosis and coccidioidomycosis. Herein, we review the current knowledge and highlight the most important aspects of these fungal infections in travelers.