For more information on CIDM Public Health news and events, please visit our website.... Sporotrichosis is a dermatomycosis caused by the fungus, Sporothrix schenckii. It was first described by B.R.Schenck in the Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1898. [1] Subsequently, Hektoen and Perkins named this pathogenic fungus Sporothrix schenckii in 1900. [1] Infection usually presents as ulcer...

4. Haight D, Lowella E, Greene J, Sandin R, DeGregorio R, Spiers A. Case report: Cutaneous manifestations of Crytococcosis. Am J Med Sci. 1994;308:192-5. 5. Lynn D, Gurevitch A. Cutaneous manifestations of disseminated cryptococcosis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1995;32:844-50. 6. Sang H, Zhou WQ, Shi QL, Zang XH, Ni RZ. Disseminated cryptococcosis with extensive subcutaneous nodules in a renal transpl...

We report a case of an immunocompromised 30-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with bilateral sporotrichoid cutaneous infection caused by M. haemophilum. The patient initially presented with painful deep erythematous nodules and ulcerations on her left forearms for several months. These nodular lesions were arranged along the lymphatic path and became suppurative, ulcerative...

Findings from endoscopic studies in patients with esophagitis caused by alendronate are associated with chemical esophagitis, similar to that caused by acetylsalicylic acid.7 The pathophysiological mechanism involved in these cases was direct irritation of the mucosa due to prolonged exposure to the drug. The same mechanism could apply to our patients who allowed tablets to dissolve in their mo...

Sporotrichosis is a chronic subcutaneous fungal infection with global distribution. It is a rare fungal infection with nine reported cases in Iran, including eight humans and one animal, within the past 30 years. Among the human cases, seven were of the fixed cutaneous type of sporotrichosis and one had sporotrichoid lymphocutaneous. The reported patients were within the age range of 23-60 year...