title: Outbreak of sporotrichosis, Western Australia.
abstract: A cluster of sporotrichosis cases occurred in the Busselton-Margaret River region of Western Australia from 2000 to 2003. Epidemiologic investigation and mycologic culture for Sporothrix schenckii implicated hay initially distributed through a commercial hay supplier as the source of the out-break. Declining infection rates have occurred after various community measures were instigated.
authors.affiliation: Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Kynan T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Feeney
authors.forename: Ian H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Arthur
authors.forename: Amanda J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Whittle
authors.forename: Shelley A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Altman
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Speers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D014908:Triticum / Q000382:microbiology; D014904:Western Australia / Q000453:epidemiology