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Sporotrichosis

Clinics in Dermatology, 2007
Sporotrichosis is a deep fungal disease caused by a dimorphic fungus, Sporothrix schenckii. It occurs more frequently in the tropical and subtropical areas and is mainly characterized by nodular lesions of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues and adjacent lymphatics that suppurate and ulcerate. Infection occurs by manipulation of contaminated soil, cats,
Marcia, Ramos-e-Silva   +3 more
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Sporotrichosis

Orthopedics, 1989
ABSTRACT: Forty-nine patients with cultureproven sporotrichosis were treated between 1 957 and 1986. Infections were lymphocutaneous in 36 patients, pulmonary in two, intraarticular in four, and involved multiple deep tissues in seven. Thirty-six infections involved an upper extremity.
J G, Rowe, P C, Amadio, R S, Edson
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SPOROTRICHOSIS

International Journal of Dermatology, 1979
ABSTRACT: Five cases of cutaneous sporotrichosis were seen at the Stanford University Department of Dermatology from 1996 to 1977, where the disease was previously unreported. The possibility of sporotrichosis should be considered when suppurative cutaneous lesions do not respond to antibacterial agents.
R J, Segal, P H, Jacobs
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SPOROTRICHOSIS

Dermatologic Clinics, 1996
Sporothrix schenckii is a fungus that can be found worldwide in decaying vegetative matter. It is the causative agent of sporotrichosis, a chronic infection of humans and animals. The infection is characterized by nodular lesions of the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues with lymphatic involvement.
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Extracutaneous sporotrichosis

The Journal of Hand Surgery, 1987
Although an uncommon cause of arthritis, sporotrichosis may mimic other forms of joint disease and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a patient with a chronic monoarticular arthritis or if granulomatous synovitis is recognized by histologic examination.
P C, Janes, R J, Mann
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Articular Sporotrichosis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 1986
Sporotrichosis is a fungal disease caused by Sporothrix schenckii, which is seen worldwide. Infection usually involves cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues. Articular involvement is rare. A 29-year-old man with ankle sporotrichosis is reported to demonstrate the differential diagnosis and treatment.
J, Yao, R G, Penn, S, Ray
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Sporotrichosis in Sudan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1978
Two cases of lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis are reported from Sudan in a boy aged four and a half years and a girl aged 16 years respectively. Diagnosis was based mainly on the clinical findings and the dramatic response to treatment with oral potassium iodine, as well as the histological finding of yeasts compatible with the yeast phase Sporothrix ...
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Neonatal Sporotrichosis

Pediatric Dermatology, 2009
Abstract:  Sporotrichosis is caused by the dimorphic fungus, Sporothrix schenckii. Classically, infection occurs after implantation of the organism into the skin by abrasion of a puncture wound by contaminated thorns, hay, or sphagnum moss. Cats are also a commonly recognized source of sporotrichosis.
Brook E, Tlougan   +4 more
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