A mitosporic Ophiostomataceae fungal genus, whose species Sporothrix schenckii is a well-known animal pathogen. The conidia of this soil fungus may be inhaled causing a primary lung infection, or may infect independently via skin punctures.
Entry Term(s)
Sporotrichum
Registry Numbers
txid29907
Public MeSH Note
1999; see SPOROTRICHUM 1963-1998; for SPOROTHRIX see SPOROTRICHUM 1974-1998
A mitosporic Ophiostomataceae fungal genus, whose species Sporothrix schenckii is a well-known animal pathogen. The conidia of this soil fungus may be inhaled causing a primary lung infection, or may infect independently via skin punctures.
