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Eukaryota > Fungi > Mitosporic Fungi > Sporothrix

Preferred term

Sporothrix  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Sporotrichum
  • Sporotrichums

Note

  • infection = SPOROTRICHOSIS

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 99(63)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013175

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