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Intraocular Sporotrichosis: Report of a Case

Intraocular Sporotrichosis: Report of a Case Abstract SPOROTRICHOSIS is a chronic infection caused by the fungus Sporotrichum schenckii. The disease is found world wide and occurs in all age groups, but most frequently in adult men. Farmers, gardeners, laborers, and certain types of miners are most commonly affected. The organism gains entrance into the skin through a cut or wound made by an object contaminated with spores. Natural infection of rats, dogs, mules, and horses has been reported. The most common type of sporotrichosis is the lymphatic, which begins at the site of the initial trauma, most frequently on an extremity. A nodule forms, breaks down to form a chronic ulcer, and within a few weeks, new subcutaneous nodules arise consecutively along the course of the regional lymphatics in a more or less linear fashion. These nodules break down consecutively. Sporotrichosis may rarely occur in a hematogenous form, in which crops of subcutaneous nodules appear generally over References 1. Conant NF, Calloway JL, Smith DT, et al: Manual of Clinical Mycology , ed 2. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, 1954, pp 222-239. 2. Emmons CW, Binford CH, Utz JP: Medical Mycology . Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1963, pp 293-304. 3. Gordon DM: Ocular sporotrichosis . Arch Ophthal 37:56-72, 1947.Crossref 4. Morax V: Uveitis Sporotrichosique avec gomme sporotrichosique épisclérale sécondaire . Ann Oculist 152:273-275, 1914. 5. Bargy M: Un cas de sporotrichose conjunctivale . Bull Soc Franc Ophtal 59:183-184, 1946. 6. Graham JC: Sporotrichosis . Arch Derm Syph 54:726-727, 1946. 7. Pessano J, Negroni P: Sporotrichosis of lower lid . Rev Argent Dermatosif 31:108-109, 1947. 8. Smith ML, Garrett MD: Verrucous sporotrichosis . Arch Derm Syph 56:532-534, 1947.Crossref 9. McGrath H, Singer JI: Ocular sporotrichosis . Amer J Ophthal 35:102-105, 1952. 10. Alvarez RG, López-Villegas A: Primary ocular sporotrichosis . Amer J Ophthal 62:150-151, 1966. 11. Lazar M, Weiner MJ, Leopold IM: Treatment of uveitis with methotrexate . Amer J Ophthal 67:383-388, 1969. 12. Cassady JR, Foerster HC: Sporotrichum schenckii endophthalmitis . Arch Ophthal 85:71-74, 1971.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Ophthalmology American Medical Association

Intraocular Sporotrichosis: Report of a Case

Levy, Jerome H.
Archives of Ophthalmology , Volume 85 (5) – May 1, 1971
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Abstract SPOROTRICHOSIS is a chronic infection caused by the fungus Sporotrichum schenckii. The disease is found world wide and occurs in all age groups, but most frequently in adult men. Farmers, gardeners, laborers, and certain types of miners are most commonly affected. The organism gains entrance into the skin through a cut or wound made by an object contaminated with spores. Natural infection of rats, dogs, mules, and horses has been reported. The most common type of sporotrichosis is the lymphatic, which begins at the site of the initial trauma, most frequently on an extremity. A nodule forms, breaks down to form a chronic ulcer, and within a few weeks, new subcutaneous nodules arise consecutively along the course of the regional lymphatics in a more or less linear fashion. These nodules break down consecutively. Sporotrichosis may rarely occur in a hematogenous form, in which crops of subcutaneous nodules appear generally over References 1. Conant NF, Calloway JL, Smith DT, et al: Manual of Clinical Mycology , ed 2. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, 1954, pp 222-239. 2. Emmons CW, Binford CH, Utz JP: Medical Mycology . Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1963, pp 293-304. 3. Gordon DM: Ocular sporotrichosis . Arch Ophthal 37:56-72, 1947.Crossref 4. Morax V: Uveitis Sporotrichosique avec gomme sporotrichosique épisclérale sécondaire . Ann Oculist 152:273-275, 1914. 5. Bargy M: Un cas de sporotrichose conjunctivale . Bull Soc Franc Ophtal 59:183-184, 1946. 6. Graham JC: Sporotrichosis . Arch Derm Syph 54:726-727, 1946. 7. Pessano J, Negroni P: Sporotrichosis of lower lid . Rev Argent Dermatosif 31:108-109, 1947. 8. Smith ML, Garrett MD: Verrucous sporotrichosis . Arch Derm Syph 56:532-534, 1947.Crossref 9. McGrath H, Singer JI: Ocular sporotrichosis . Amer J Ophthal 35:102-105, 1952. 10. Alvarez RG, López-Villegas A: Primary ocular sporotrichosis . Amer J Ophthal 62:150-151, 1966. 11. Lazar M, Weiner MJ, Leopold IM: Treatment of uveitis with methotrexate . Amer J Ophthal 67:383-388, 1969. 12. Cassady JR, Foerster HC: Sporotrichum schenckii endophthalmitis . Arch Ophthal 85:71-74, 1971.Crossref

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Published: May 1, 1971

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