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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alison Leibowitz [2]
Overview
Prevention
- The vast majority of incidents of sporotrichosis manifest upon epidermal inoculation of S. schenckii, while working with vegetation or plant based materials that are carrying spores. Preventative measures include:
- Wearing durable gloves, long sleeves, and thick-sole boots while engaging in high risk activities, such as handling thorny plants, sphagnum moss, bales of hay, or any plant or plant product that may potentially cause skin trauma.
- Decreasing one's handling time of sphagnum moss and only handling the moss if one has significant gardening experience.[1]
- Wearing protective clothing while armadillo hunting in Uruguay and Brazil.[2]
References
- ↑ Moszczyński P, Starek A, Lew-Władyka Z (1979). "[Cytochemical and immunological examinations of workers exposed to the effects of organic solvents of paints and varnishes. I. Activity of beta-glucuronidase and N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase. Glycogen content in lymphocytes]". Med Pr. 30 (5): 345–52. PMID 514070.
- ↑ Alves S. H., et al. 2010. Sporothrix schenckii associated with armadillo hunting in Southern Brazil: epidemiological and antifungal susceptibility profiles. Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 43:523–525.>