SPOROTRICHOSIS

1 August 1942

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

Vol. 46 (2) , 211-217
https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1942.01500140027004

Abstract

Sporotrichosis is uncommon in New England and at times may present difficulties both in diagnosis and in treatment. Only 5 cases of sporotrichosis in which the diagnosis was proved by a demonstration of the causative organism have been reported in New England; Blaisdell¹reported the first in 1917, and since then Nellans²has reported 1, Weise³2 and Downing⁴1. Sporotrichosis is so protean in nature that demonstration of the etiologic agent is almost mandatory. For example, it may so closely resemble scrofuloderma, blastomycosis and cutaneous syphilitic gummas that a purely clinical diagnosis is often impossible. Potassium iodide has been accepted universally as an almost specific treatment for the disease. The exact mode of action of the drug is still a debatable question. The average dose recommended varies from 30 to 90 grains (2 to 6 Gm.) a day and more in some cases. The period

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