Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DERMATOPATHOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 3, Pages 296-302Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181f5b622
Keywords
sporotrichosis; Sporothrix schenckii; asteroid body
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Sporotrichosis is a chronic fungal infection with a global distribution; both sporadically occurring infections and outbreaks of cases are not uncommon. Sporothrix schenckii, as the causative agent, can be isolated from soil, wood, land, and even marine animals. We present the clinical and histopathological presentations of sporotrichosis collected in our department for about 40 years. A series of interesting pictures illustrating asteroid bodies and organism materials, which are rarely seen, are also showed. Asteroid body is characterized by the presence of radiating star-like asteroid or club-shaped eosinophilic material around spores, and 5 types of asteroid body collected in our department are presented.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available