Laboratory-acquired sporotrichosis.
A case of laboratory-acquired sporotrichosis was diagnosed by immunofluorescence and by culture. The patient was then cured by treatment with oral potassium iodide. The need to handle cultures of Sporothrix schenckii with due caution is stressed.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007757:Laboratory Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D051379:Mice; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*