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. 1992 Feb;30(2):501–503. doi: 10.1128/jcm.30.2.501-503.1992

Sporothrix schenckii fungemia without disseminated sporotrichosis.

R M Kosinski 1, P Axelrod 1, J H Rex 1, M Burday 1, R Sivaprasad 1, A Wreiole 1
PMCID: PMC265086  PMID: 1537924

Abstract

Fungemia is a rare complication of Sporothrix schenckii infection and has always been associated with disseminated sporotrichosis. We describe an immunocompetent patient with localized lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis from whose blood the fungus was isolated. A lysis-centrifugation blood culture system may have improved our ability to detect low-level S. schenckii fungemia.

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