RT Book, Section
A1 Rose, Stacey R.
A1 Hamill, Richard J.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1184175143
T1 Sporotrichosis
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264269389
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184175143
RD 2024/04/25
AB Sporotrichosis  is  a  chronic  fungal  infection  caused  by  organisms  of  the  Sporothrix  schenckii  complex.  It  is  worldwide  in  distribution;  most  patients  have  had  contact  with  soil,  sphagnum  moss,  or  decaying  wood.  Infection  takes  place  when  the  organism  is  inoculated  into  the  skin—usually  on  the  hand,  arm,  or  foot,  especially  during  gardening,  or  puncture  from  a  rose  thorn.  In  recent  years,  significant  zoonotic  transmission  of  Sporothrix  brasiliensis  has  been  documented  in  Brazil  and  Argentina  driven  by  domesticated  cat  bites  and  scratches.