Diseases

Sporotrichosis

The commonest and least serious of the deep mycoses, characterized by nodular lesions of the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues. It is caused by inhalation of contaminated dust or by infection of a wound with SPOROTHRIX.

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The commonest and least serious of the deep mycoses, characterized by nodular lesions of the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues. It is caused by inhalation of contaminated dust or by infection of a wound with SPOROTHRIX.

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  • Sporothrix Infection
  • Infection, Sporothrix
  • Sporothrix Infections
  • Sporotrichoses
  • Sporothrix brasiliensis Infection
  • Sporothrix schenckii Infection
  • Infection, Sporothrix brasiliensis
  • Infection, Sporothrix schenckii
  • Sporothrix brasiliensis Infections
  • Sporothrix schenckii Infections

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sporotrichosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013174. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013174
  2. Sporotrichosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporotrichosis
  3. Sporotrichosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q767327