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A 46-year-old man presented with swelling and pain in the right knee and a history of nonproductive cough and weight loss. Sporotrichum schenkii was cultured from synovium, synovial fluid, sputum, and bronchial washings. No other pathogens were cultured. Neither skin lesions nor history of exposure
Primary pulmonary sporotrichosis, a rare fungal disease was found in chronic alcoholic farmer from the sub-Himalayan region, an endemic mycoses area. Primary pulmonary sporotrichosis is a hidden entity, at times mimicking tuberculosis, and often under or lately diagnosed due to lack of awareness. We
BACKGROUND
Pulmonary sporotrichosis is a rare event. Sporothrix schenckii is a dimorphic fungus and develops at 37 degrees C in yeast form. Usually hyphae are not observed in tissues, although their presence has been occasionally demonstrated in biopsies.
METHODS
A 37-year-old man, human
A 40-year-old Caucasian man presented to the dermatology clinic at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, in February 2003, for the evaluation of three nonhealing ulcers. The patient's past medical history was significant for hypothyroidism and pulmonary sarcoidosis, the diagnosis of which was
PRESENTING FEATURES: A 53-year-old man who had human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) presented to the Johns Hopkins Hospital with a 3-month history of increasing dysphagia, cough, dyspnea, chest pain, and an episode of syncope. His past medical history was notable for oral and presumptive esophageal