Bursal sporotrichosis: Case report and review

Authors
Wang, JP Granlund, KF Bozzette, SA Botte, MJ Fierer, J
Citation
Jp. Wang et al., Bursal sporotrichosis: Case report and review, CLIN INF D, 31(2), 2000, pp. 615-616
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Immunology
Journal title
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10584838 → ACNP
Volume
31
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
615 - 616
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(200008)31:2<615:BSCRAR>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We describe a patient whose prepatellar bursa was infected with Sporothrix schenckii. The infection persisted despite itraconazole therapy and cure wa s achieved only after surgical excision of the bursa. A review of treatment s for bursal sporotrichosis is presented.