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sporotrichosis

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spo·ro·tri·cho·sis  (spôr-tr-kss, spr-)
n.
A chronic infectious disease of domestic mammals and humans, characterized by nodules or ulcers in the lymph nodes and skin and caused by a saprophytic or parasitic fungus of the genus Sporothrix, especially S. schenckii, commonly found in soil and wood.
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Noun1.sporotrichosis - a chronic fungal infection of the skin and lymph nodes
fungal infection, mycosis - an inflammatory condition caused by a fungus


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A cluster of sporotrichosis cases occurred in the Busselton-Margaret River region of Western Australia from 2000 to 2003.
Infections associated with positive C-ANCA Bacterial infections Bacterial pneumonias Bacterial empyemas Mycobacterial infections Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium bovis Fungal infections Chromomycosis Cavitary pulmonary sporotrichosis Cavitating pulmonary aspergillosis Semi-invasive pulmonary aspergillosis Pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis
Scedosporium apiospermum infection imitating lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis in a patient with myeloblastic-monocytic leukemia.
 
 
 
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