Sporotrichosis (Berumann`s
disease, peat moss disease, rose gardener’s disease, Schenck`s disease) is an
infectious, subcutaneous or chronic granulomatous mycotic disease of humans aswell as animals. It is a life- threatening disease in immune compromised
patients.
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Sporotrichosis is
considered as an emerging zoonotic fungal disease in many regions of the world.
An American researcher Benjamin Schenck is credited to identify the organism
for the first time in 1898. The presence of asteroid bodies in pus from
cutaneous lesions was first time noticed by Slendore in 1908. In 1920, Ghosh
described the first case of sporotrichosis from Kolkata, which established the
endemic focus of infection in the North-eastern belt of India. The disease is
endemic in many regions of the world including India. Sporotrichosis is a
disease of occupational risk, affecting agricultural workers, farmers,
gardeners, and mine workers.Read more>>>>>
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