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| Year : 1976 | Volume
: 42
| Issue : 3 | Page : 140--142 |
Sporotrichosis in Madras
VV Pankajalakshmi, S Subramaniam
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Correspondence Address:
V V Pankajalakshmi
This is the first case report of sporotrichosis from Madras. The patient, a 32 year old male, was admitted as a case of myc--toma left foot. The diagnosis of sporotrichosis was made by isolation of Sporotrichum schenckii in pure culture from the purulent material of the discharging lesion and demonstration of its pathogenicity to mice, rat and chick embryos. Ifistopathological examination of the biopsy inateriaj revealed the presence of microabscesseg with acidophilic, asteroid bodies and no fungi.
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