Sporothrix schenckii

Epidemiology

• worldwide distribution
• grows in soil or vegetation, especially thorny bushes

Pathology

• etiologic agent of sporotrichosis
• infects tissue as a yeast

Laboratory

• Sporothrix schenckii antigen in tissue
• Sporothrix schenckii serology
• fungal culture
  • dimorphic fungus
  • at 37 degrees, grows as a yeast

More general terms

• Sporothrix