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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Primary prevention

• The majority of sporotrichosis cases occur when the fungus is introduced through a cut or puncture in the skin while handling vegetation containing the fungal spores.
• Prevention of this disease includes wearing long sleeves and gloves while working with soil, hay bales, rose bushes, pine seedlings, and sphagnum moss.
• Wear heavy boots to prevent puncture wounds
• Avoid contact with infected animals in order to prevent zoonotic transmission.