NEET PG Medical – 2020 – Question – 85
Fungal Infection which is acquired by traumatic inoculation is?
a) Sporothrix
b) Blastomycosis
c) Coccidioides
d) Paracoccidioides
Correct Answer – A
Answer-A- Sporothrix
Sporothrix schenckii is a thermally dimorphic fungus that lives on vegetation. It is associated with a variety of plants, grasses, trees, sphagnum moss, rose bushes, and other horticultural plants.
The conidia or hyphal fragments of S.schenckii are introduced into the skin by trauma.
Following a traumatic introduction into the skin, S.schenckii causes sporotrichosis, a chronic granulomatous infection.
This manifestation mimics chronic cavitary tuberculosis and tends to occur in patients with impaired cell-mediated immunity.
Jawetz 27/e-pg-670
