Outbreak of sporotrichosis, Western Australia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Aug;13(8):1228-31. doi: 10.3201/eid1308.061462.

Abstract

A cluster of sporotrichosis cases occurred in the Busselton-Margaret River region of Western Australia from 2000 to 2003. Epidemiologic investigation and mycologic culture for Sporothrix schenckii implicated hay initially distributed through a commercial hay supplier as the source of the out-break. Declining infection rates have occurred after various community measures were instigated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sporotrichosis / drug therapy
  • Sporotrichosis / epidemiology*
  • Sporotrichosis / microbiology
  • Triticum / microbiology
  • Western Australia / epidemiology