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Until the diagnosis was confirmed, the patient was initially given empiric antifungal treatment with itraconazole, which showed unsatisfactory results at a local hospital. Then, he was treated with voriconazole, which led to the slow improvement of his skin lesions. At one point during the voriconazole treatment course, the patient briefly self-discontinued voriconazole for economic reasons, and the lesions recurred and worsened. The patient was finally diagnosed with cutaneous-disseminated sporotrichosis based on the isolation and identification of <jats:italic>Sporothrix globosa<\/jats:italic>. Susceptibility testing revealed that the isolate was resistant to itraconazole, fluconazole, voriconazole, terbinafine, and amphotericin. Considering the patient's poor financial condition, potassium iodide was administered. After 1-month of therapy with potassium iodide, he reported rapid improvement of his skin lesions. 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