title: Sporothrix schenckii fungemia without disseminated sporotrichosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Monmouth Medical Center, New Jersey 07740.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kosinski
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Axelrod
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Rex
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burday
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sivaprasad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wreiole
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D011193:Potassium Iodide