An Outbreak of Sporotrichosis in Vermont Associated with Sphagnum Moss as the Source of Infection

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SPOROTRICHUM SCHENCKII has been recovered from many types of plants and several kinds of domestic animals as well as from soil.1 , 2 In 1926 Foerster3 reviewed the American literature on sporotrichosis and reported 18 new cases, 14 of which were in nursery workers. The thorns of the barberry shrub were incriminated as the source of infection in 10 of these patients. Of 148 reported cases 84 were in males, 50 per cent of whom worked in either gardening or agriculture; 130 of the cases occurred in the Mississippi River basin. From this, Foerster concluded that sporotrichosis is an occupational disease in . . .