title: Case report of sporotrichosis arthritis.
abstract: Joint infection secondary to sporotrichosis is quite rare. Recently there have been two reports of sporotrichosis arthritis in the literature. An early report of synovitis of the knee secondary to sporotrichosis without cutaneous or multifocal involvement appeared in 1957. Sporotrichosis is a fungal disease that commonly causes bone and joint infection in its extracutaneous form. This report discusses sporotrichosis of the knee joint in a 28-year-old patient.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Surgery, McLaren General Hospital, Flint, Michigan.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Walter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000666:Amphotericin B