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Article | March 1968

Childhood Sporotrichosis FREE

John W. Chandler, MD; Robert L. Kriel, MD; Fred E. Tosh, MD
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Received for publication May 17, 1967.

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Am J Dis Child. 1968;115(3):368-372. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1968.02100010370013.
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SPOROTRICHOSIS is commonly characterized by a painless, slowly healing, ulcerative lesion, usually with secondary nodules along the lymphatic drainage of the site of the primary lesion. It is potentially a systemic disease; however, disseminated and pulmonary forms of the disease are infrequent.

The first case of sporotrichosis with cultural confirmation was reported by Schenck1 in 1898. Between 1927 and 1944, almost 3,000 cases of sporotrichosis were reported in gold mines of South Africa.2 In the United States, reported cases have been widespread; however, most of these cases have been from the Mississippi River Valley.3,4 Most cases have occurred in nursery and tree farm personnel and several of them have been traced to contact with contaminated sphagnum moss.5

Reports of the disease in children are few. Garrett and Robbins6 reported an outbreak of eight cases in a single residence in Juarez, Mexico, including five children. Gluckman

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Schenck, B.R.:  On Refractory Subcutaneous Abscesses Caused by a Fungus Possibly Related to the Sporotricha , Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp 9: 286-290, 1898;.
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Brown, R, et al: Sporotrichosis Infection on Mines of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg , Johannesburg, South Africa: The Transvaal Chamber of Mines, Publishers, 1947;.
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Foerster, H.R.:  Sporotrichosis: Occupational Dermatosis , JAMA 87:1605-1609, 1926;.
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Gastineau, F.M.; Spolyar, L.W.; and Haynes, E.:  Sporotrichosis: Report of Six Cases Among Florists , JAMA 117:1074-1077, 1941;.
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D'Alessio, D.J., et al:  An Outbreak of Sporotrichosis in Vermont Associated With Sphagnum Moss as the Source of Infection , New Eng J Med 272:1054-1058, 1965;.
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Garrett, H.D., and Robbins, J.B.:  An Unusual Occurrence of Sporotrichosis: Eight Cases in One Residence , Arch Derm 82:570-571, 1960;.
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Gluckman, I.:  Sporotrichosis in Children , S Afr Med J 39:991-992, 1965;.
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Schneidau, J.D., Jr.:  Cutaneous Hypersensitivity to Sporotrichin in Louisiana , JAMA 188: 371-373, 1964;.
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Friend, D.G.:  Iodide Therapy and the Importance of Quantitating the Dose , New Eng J Med 263:1358-1360 ( (Dec 29) ) 1960;.
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Newcomer, V.D.:  "Fungus Infections,"  in Gellis, S.G., and Kagan, B.M. (eds.): Current Pediatric Therapy 1966-1967 , Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1966;, pp 571-574.

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1 +
Schenck, B.R.:  On Refractory Subcutaneous Abscesses Caused by a Fungus Possibly Related to the Sporotricha , Bull Johns Hopkins Hosp 9: 286-290, 1898;.
2 +
Brown, R, et al: Sporotrichosis Infection on Mines of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg , Johannesburg, South Africa: The Transvaal Chamber of Mines, Publishers, 1947;.
3 +
Foerster, H.R.:  Sporotrichosis: Occupational Dermatosis , JAMA 87:1605-1609, 1926;.
4 +
Gastineau, F.M.; Spolyar, L.W.; and Haynes, E.:  Sporotrichosis: Report of Six Cases Among Florists , JAMA 117:1074-1077, 1941;.
5 +
D'Alessio, D.J., et al:  An Outbreak of Sporotrichosis in Vermont Associated With Sphagnum Moss as the Source of Infection , New Eng J Med 272:1054-1058, 1965;.
6 +
Garrett, H.D., and Robbins, J.B.:  An Unusual Occurrence of Sporotrichosis: Eight Cases in One Residence , Arch Derm 82:570-571, 1960;.
7 +
Gluckman, I.:  Sporotrichosis in Children , S Afr Med J 39:991-992, 1965;.
8 +
Schneidau, J.D., Jr.:  Cutaneous Hypersensitivity to Sporotrichin in Louisiana , JAMA 188: 371-373, 1964;.
9 +
Friend, D.G.:  Iodide Therapy and the Importance of Quantitating the Dose , New Eng J Med 263:1358-1360 ( (Dec 29) ) 1960;.
10 +
Newcomer, V.D.:  "Fungus Infections,"  in Gellis, S.G., and Kagan, B.M. (eds.): Current Pediatric Therapy 1966-1967 , Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1966;, pp 571-574.

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