A plant prick can produce sporotrichosis. All are true statements about sporotrichosis except -
Ans. is 'd' i.e., It is an occupational disease of butchers, doctors Sporotrichosiso Sporotrichosis is caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus sporothrix schenckii.o Because S.schenckii naturally found in soil, hav, sphagnum moss, and plants, it usually affects farmers,gardeners, and agricultural workers.o This fungal disease usually affects the skin although rare forms can affect the lungs, joints, bones and CNS.o Fungus enters through small cuts and abrasions in the skin to cause the infection.o Because roses can spread the disease, it is one of a few diseases referred to as rose-thorn or rose gardener's disease.Forms and symptoms of sporotrichosis:Cutaneous (skin) sporotrichosisThis is the most common form of this disease.Symptoms of this form includes nodular lesions or bumps in the skin, at the point of entry and also along lymph nodes and vessels.The lesion starts off as small and painless, nodule and ranges in colour from pink to purple.Left untreated, the lesion becomes larger and looks similar to a boil and more lesions will appear, until a chroniculcer develops.Usually cutaneous sporotrichosis lesions occurs in the finger, hand and arm.Pulmonary sporotrichosisThis rare form of the disease occur when S.schenckii spores are inhaled.Symptoms include productive cough, nodules, cavitations and fibrosis of lungs; and hilar lymph node enlargement.Patients with this form of sporotrichosis are susceptible to developing tuberculosis and pneumonia.Disseminated sporotrichosisWhen the infection spreads from the primary site to secondary sites in the body, the disease develops into a rare and critical form called disseminated sporotrichosis.The infection can spread to joints and bones (called osteoarticular sporotrichosis) as well as the CNS and brain (sporotrichosis meningitis).
Is a chronic mycotic disease that typically involves skin, subcutaneous tissue and regionallymphatics
Most cases are acquired via cutaneous inoculation
Enlarged lymph nodes extending centripetally as a beaded chain are a characteristic finding
It is an occupational disease of butchers, doctors
Mycology