With treatment full recovery can be expected. Disseminated sporotrichosis is more difficult to treat and requires chemotherapeutic agents. Disseminated sporotrichosis can be life-threatening for immunocompromised people. If you know that you have been exposed to vegetation, mention this to your health care provider. Sporotrichosis is a chronic fungal infection that frequently appears following a minor injury while gardening or farming.
Spores enter the skin and begin to grow.
The fungus follows the lymph channels up the extremity. Lesions, which occasionally ulcerate and drain, develop along the lymph channel. If left untreated this condition can persist for years. Sporotrichosis is a chronic fungal infection most frequently seen in gardeners, farmers, and individuals who work outdoors. If left untreated the infection will continue for years.