• Am. J. Med. · Mar 1980

    Case Reports

    Sporothrix schenckii meningitis in a farmer with Hodgkin's disease.

    • G E Ewing, G J Bosl, and P K Peterson.
    • Am. J. Med. 1980 Mar 1; 68 (3): 455-7.

    AbstractA fatal case of chronic meningeal sporotrichosis occurring as an opportunistic infection in a patient with Hodgkin's disease is presented. A pulmonary source of infection was identified at autopsy. The diagnostic importance of the isolation of Sporothrix schenckii from cerebrospinal fluid, even if only from a single specimen, is stressed.

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