Cutaneous sporotrichosis and distant autoinoculation.
A 56-year-old woman suffering from cutaneous sporotrichosis on the right cheek and right knee is described. The sporotrichotic nodule of the knee was thought to have been caused by distant autoinoculation.
Kim
H U
HU
Chonbuk National University Medical School, Chonju, Republic of Korea.
Yun
S K
SK
Ihm
C W
CW
D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013175:Sporothrix / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis