Sporotrichosis following a rodent bite

✍ Scribed by J. A. Frean; Margaretha Isaäcson; G. B. Miller; B. D. Mistry; Claire Heney

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 757 KB
• Volume: 116
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0301-486X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00436083

✦ Synopsis

A ten year old boy developed lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis following a wild rodent bite. The infection was successfully treated with potassium iodide. Sporotrichosis in humans has followed bites, pecks and stings inflicted by a variety of animals, birds and insects. Many species of animals are susceptible to infection by Sporothrix schenkii, but transmission from infected animals to man is uncommon.