Primary Pulmonary Sporotrichosis

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PRIMARY pulmonary sporotrichosis with no evidence of lymphocutaneous involvement is a rare disease. Ridgeway et al1(who made an excellent review of the literature) accepted 12 case reports as authentic in 1962 and added two cases of their own. Siegrist and Ferrington2added another case in 1965. We believe that this is the 16th case of primary pulmonary sporotrichosis to be reported. Report of a Case A white man, 40 years of age, noted insidious onset of malaise six months prior to admission to hospital. He felt tired, his appetite diminished, and he had lost 15 or 20 lb (6.8 or 9.1 kg) of weight. About one month prior to admission, he had noted the onset of a persistent cough, productive of mucoid sputum. On Jan 10, 1965, the patient began to cough up small amounts of blood, and this hemoptysis had continued when he was admitted to

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