An environmental Sporothrix as a cause of corneal ulcer.

Med Mycol Case Rep

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 1364 Clifton RD NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.

Published: April 2013

In this case we introduce Sporothrix pallida, a non-pathogenic environmental Sporothrix species as a cause of infectious keratitis in a corneal transplant recipient. Human infections caused by S. schenckii are well-known but human infection with Sporothrix pallida has not been previously reported.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3885947PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.03.002DOI Listing

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