title: Unsuspected sporotrichosis in childhood.
abstract: We report 10 prepubertal girls with sporotrichosis who were misdiagnosed because they had solitary ulcerative skin nodules, rather than a "sporotrichoid" pattern of multiple linear nodules. All had positive cultures for Sporothrix schenckii. We urge clinicians to consider sporotrichosis in the differential diagnosis of a solitary skin nodule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Burch
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Morelli
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Weston
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000175:diagnosis; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014005:Tinea / Q000175:diagnosis