SPOROTRICHOSIS: A REPORT OF 12 CASES, INCLUDING TWO WITH SKELETAL INVOLVEMENT
Authors: W M MIKKELSEN, R L BRANDT, E R HARRELL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 September 1957SPOROTRICHOSIS: A REPORT OF 12 CASES, INCLUDING TWO WITH SKELETAL INVOLVEMENTW. M. MIKKELSEN, R. L. BRANDT, E. R. HARRELLW. M. MIKKELSENSearch for more papers by this author, R. L. BRANDTSearch for more papers by this author, E. R. HARRELLSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-3-435 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSporotrichosis is a subacute or chronic infection caused bySporotrichum schenckiiand usually limited to the skin and subcutaneous tissue. However, since extracutaneous dissemination may occur, the disease should be grouped with the deep mycoses. Sporotrichosis has been reported from all continents and occurs without regard for sex, age or race. Although several species of Sporotrichum have been described, the presently prevailing opinion is that only one,S. schenckii, is pathogenic to man.1This organism occurs as a saprophyte on various plants, shrubs, flowers, fruits and vegetables and has been isolated from soil. Infection has been demonstrated in a number...Bibliography1. ConantSmithBakerCallawayMartin NFDTRDJLDS: Manual of clinical mycology, 2nd Ed., 1954, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Foerster HR: Sporotrichosis, Am. J. M. Sc. 167: 54, 1924. Google Scholar3. BrownWeintraubSimpsonSimsonHelmBowenBrandtBerman RDMWFWMAJWFAC: Sporotrichosis infection on mines of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburgh, Transvaal Chamber of Mines, 1947. Google Scholar4. YoungShackelfordLambKoons CJPOJHRC: Sporotrichosis with the formation of sporotrichids, Mycopath. et mycol. appl. 6: 235, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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