Mycotic diseases
are being recognized as an important global public
health problem of considerable dimension. These diseases occur in sporadic
as well as in epidemic form, resulting in high morbidity and mortality.
Among several
mycoses, sporotrichosis, caused by a thermo-dimorphic fungus Sporothrix
schenckii, has emerged as an infectious disease in certain regions of the
world.
The pathogen
infects a wide variety of animals, but the cat is recognized as the pertinent
source of sporotrichosis to humans. Humans usually acquire infection following
traumatic inoculation of fungal contaminated materials or through bites and
scratches by diseased cat.
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