Environmental ScienceMedicine

An environmental Sporothrix as a cause of corneal ulcer.

A. S. Morrison, S. Lockhart, Jennifer G. Bromley, Joung Y Kim, E. Burd

2013.4.10Medical Mycology Case Reports

DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.03.002

tlooto Summary

In this case, a non-pathogenic environmental Sporothrix species is introduced as a cause of infectious keratitis in a corneal transplant recipient and human infection with Sporoths pallida is reported.

Abstract

In this case we introduce Sporothrix pallida, a non-pathogenic environmental Sporothrix species as a cause of infectious keratitis in a corneal transplant recipient. Human infections caused by S. schenckii are well-known but human infection with Sporothrix pallida has not been previously reported.

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MORRISON, A. S., et al. An environmental sporothrix as a cause of corneal ulcer. Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2013, 2: 88–90.