SPOROTRICHUM
\spˈɔːɹətɹˌɪt͡ʃəm], \spˈɔːɹətɹˌɪtʃəm], \s_p_ˈɔː_ɹ_ə_t_ɹ_ˌɪ_tʃ_ə_m]\
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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.
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A genus of fungi, of the order Hyphomycetes, with a slender mycelium growing on the ordinary culture media. Such species as S. Beurmanni and S. indicum cause nodular lesions resembling tubercles in man, and S. Schenkii causes Schenk's sporotrichosis. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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