Disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent patient

Sporothrix schenckii, the causative agent of sporotrichosis, is a relatively rare infection. Local infection usually occurs through direct inoculation of the organism through the skin; disseminated disease is rarely seen. This article describes a case of disseminated sporotrichosis in a middle-aged...

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Autores principales: Hassan, Kareem, Turker, Tolga, Zangeneh, Tirdad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4996056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27583270
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/23320885.2016.1168703
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description Sporothrix schenckii, the causative agent of sporotrichosis, is a relatively rare infection. Local infection usually occurs through direct inoculation of the organism through the skin; disseminated disease is rarely seen. This article describes a case of disseminated sporotrichosis in a middle-aged man without the commonly seen risk factors for dissemination.
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spelling pubmed-49960562016-08-31 Disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent patient Hassan, Kareem Turker, Tolga Zangeneh, Tirdad Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg Case Report Sporothrix schenckii, the causative agent of sporotrichosis, is a relatively rare infection. Local infection usually occurs through direct inoculation of the organism through the skin; disseminated disease is rarely seen. This article describes a case of disseminated sporotrichosis in a middle-aged man without the commonly seen risk factors for dissemination. Taylor & Francis 2016-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4996056/ /pubmed/27583270 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/23320885.2016.1168703 Text en © 2016 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent patient
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title_full Disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent patient
title_fullStr Disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent patient
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent patient
title_short Disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent patient
title_sort disseminated sporotrichosis in an immunocompetent patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4996056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27583270
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