Rodolfo Pinto-Almazán, Karla A Sandoval-Navarro, Erika J Damián-Magaña, Roberto Arenas, Claudia Erika Fuentes-Venado, Paola Berenice Zárate-Segura, Erick Martínez-Herrera, Carmen Rodríguez-Cerdeira
BACKGROUND: Sporotrichosis is a fungal infection that can affect both humans and animals, caused by a species of thermo-dimorphic fungi of the genus Sporothrix . This pathology can be acquired by subcutaneous traumatic inoculation through contact with contaminated plants, soil or decomposing organic matter, and/or by inhalation of conidia. The infection can progress to chronic skin infection, or it can even spread to blood vessels, lymph, muscles, bones, and other organs, such as the lungs and nervous system...
March 23, 2023: Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland)