An environmental Sporothrix as a cause of corneal ulcer

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Annie S. Morrison, Emory University; Shawn R. Lockhart, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Jennifer G. Bromley, Emory University; Joung Y. Kim, Emory University; Eileen Burd, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2013-04-10
• Publisher: Elsevier: Creative Commons
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2013.03.002
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Medical Mycology Case Reports
• ISSN: 2211-7539
• Volume: 2
• Start Page: 88
• End Page: 90
• Keywords: Sporothrix; Fungal keratitis; Antifungal susceptibility
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, Opthamology; Health Sciences, Pathology

Abstract

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.