Candidiasis that has spread throughout the body is a severe, progressive, and potentially fatal disease that usually is treated with intravenous amphotericin B, although fluconazole is effective for some people. Certain medical conditions, such as diabetes, can worsen candidiasis and must be controlled to help eradicate the infection. Sporotrichosis Sporotrichosis is an infection caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii. Sporothrix is typically found on rosebushes, barberry bushes, sphagnum moss, and other mulches. Most often, farmers, gardeners, and horticulturists are infected.
Sporotrichosis usually affects the skin and nearby lymph vessels.
Occasionally, the lungs or other tissues may be infected. An infection of the skin and nearby lymph vessels typically starts on a finger as a small, nontender nodule that slowly enlarges and then forms a sore. Over the next several days or weeks, the infection spreads through the lymph vessels that lead from the finger through the hand and arm to the lymph nodes, forming nodules and sores along the way. Usually, the person has no other symptoms. An infection of the lungs may cause pneumonia, with a slight chest pain and cough, usually in people who have some other lung disease, such as emphysema.