Sporothrix schenckii meningitis in a farmer with Hodgkin's disease.
A fatal case of chronic meningeal sporotrichosis occurring as an opportunistic infection in a patient with Hodgkin's disease is presented. A pulmonary source of infection was identified at autopsy. The diagnostic importance of the isolation of Sporothrix schenckii from cerebrospinal fluid, even if only from a single specimen, is stressed.
D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013175:Sporothrix / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis