Sporothrix schenckii fungemia without disseminated sporotrichosis.
Fungemia is a rare complication of Sporothrix schenckii infection and has always been associated with disseminated sporotrichosis. We describe an immunocompetent patient with localized lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis from whose blood the fungus was isolated. A lysis-centrifugation blood culture system may have improved our ability to detect low-level S. schenckii fungemia.
Kosinski
R M
RM
Department of Internal Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center, New Jersey 07740.
Axelrod
P
P
Rex
J H
JH
Burday
M
M
Sivaprasad
R
R
Wreiole
A
A
D000328:Adult; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D016469:Fungemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009172:Mycology / Q000379:methods; D011193:Potassium Iodide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013175:Sporothrix / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D011193:Potassium Iodide