Sporotrichosis in Association with Arbor Day Activities

Abstract

To the Editor: On July 8, 1988, we contacted the Illinois Department of Public Health to report five cases of cutaneous sporotrichosis. In an effort to establish the extent of the epidemic, these five patients were contacted, as were any patients who had had a positive culture for Sporothrix schenckii at the state laboratory in the preceding six months. A case was defined as a nonhealing ulcer lasting more than four weeks that cultured positive for S. schenckii or was clinically consistent with sporotrichosis and epidemiologically linked to a case with a positive culture. In addition to demographic and risk-factor . . .