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Sporothrix schenckii
Epidemiology:
1) worldwide distribution
2) grows in soil or vegetation, especially thorny bushes
Pathology:
- etiologic agent of sporotrichosis
- infects tissue as a yeast
Laboratory:
- Sporothrix schenckii antigen in tissue [2]
- Sporothrix schenckii serology
- fungal culture
- dimorphic fungus
- at 37 degrees, grows as a yeast
Related
Sporothrix schenckii antibody
Sporothrix schenckii antigen in tissue
Sporothrix schenckii IgA
Sporothrix schenckii IgG
Sporothrix schenckii IgM
General
Sporothrix
Properties
KINGDOM: plant
DIVISION: EUMYCOPHYTA
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Loinc