[Autochthonous cutaneous sporotrichosis in France].

BACKGROUND

Sporotrichosis is rare in Europe. We report a case of fixed cutaneous sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent French patient.

PATIENT AND

METHODS

A 35-year-old French man presented with a cutaneous nodule on the right forefinger that had been present for 6 months. The patient's work involved contact with soil. He was diagnosed with fixed cutaneous sporotrichosis following isolation of Sporothrix schenckii in a skin biopsy culture in Sabouraud medium. The culture was negative for atypical mycobacterioses. The patient recovered on oral itraconazole (Sporanox) treatment.

DISCUSSION: We describe a case of autochthonous French sporotrichosis in its fixed cutaneous form. This diagnosis should be considered even if the patient never went abroad in endemic areas, especially in the event of frequent exposures to soil and plants.