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The most potent risk factor in the development of sporotrichosis is handling thorny plants, sphagnum moss, bales of hay, or any plant or plant product that can cause skin trauma. Other risk | The most potent risk factor in the development of sporotrichosis is handling thorny plants, sphagnum moss, bales of hay, or any plant or plant product that can cause skin trauma. Other risk | ||
factors include a weakened immune system, a history of alcoholism, and the handling of infected animals. <ref name="CDCrisk">{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/sporotrichosis/risk-prevention.html|title=Risk and Prevention|date=2015|website=CDC.Gov|publisher=Center for Disease Control |access-date=January 5, 2015 |quote=}}</ref> | factors include a weakened immune system, a history of [[alcoholism]], and the handling of infected animals. <ref name="CDCrisk">{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/sporotrichosis/risk-prevention.html|title=Risk and Prevention|date=2015|website=CDC.Gov|publisher=Center for Disease Control |access-date=January 5, 2015 |quote=}}</ref> | ||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
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*A risk factor in the development of sporotrichosis is handling thorny plants, sphagnum moss, bales of hay, or any plant or plant product that can lead to minor skin trauma. | *A risk factor in the development of sporotrichosis is handling thorny plants, sphagnum moss, bales of hay, or any plant or plant product that can lead to minor skin trauma. | ||
*Agriculture-based activities or occupations, such as farming, gardening, and landscaping, are risk factors for the development of sporotrichosis. <ref name="CDCrisk></ref> | *Agriculture-based activities or occupations, such as farming, gardening, and landscaping, are risk factors for the development of sporotrichosis. <ref name="CDCrisk></ref> | ||
*Predisposing conditions responsible for immunosuppression like diabetes mellitus, chronic alcoholism, myeloproliferative disorders, immunosuppressive therapy for organ transplant, autoimmune disorders, or cancers, prolonged treatment with systemic corticosteroids, and HIV infection have been implicated for extracutaneous sporotrichosis, an opportunistic form of infection. <ref name="pmid25614735">{{cite journal| author=Mahajan VK| title=Sporotrichosis: an overview and therapeutic options. | journal=Dermatol Res Pract | year= 2014 | volume= 2014 | issue= | pages= 272376 | pmid=25614735 | doi=10.1155/2014/272376 | pmc=PMC4295339 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25614735 }} </ref> | *Predisposing conditions responsible for immunosuppression like [[diabetes mellitus]], [[chronic alcoholism]], [[myeloproliferative]] disorders, immunosuppressive therapy for organ transplant, [[autoimmune disorders]], or cancers, prolonged treatment with systemic corticosteroids, and [[HIV]] infection have been implicated for extracutaneous sporotrichosis, an opportunistic form of infection. <ref name="pmid25614735">{{cite journal| author=Mahajan VK| title=Sporotrichosis: an overview and therapeutic options. | journal=Dermatol Res Pract | year= 2014 | volume= 2014 | issue= | pages= 272376 | pmid=25614735 | doi=10.1155/2014/272376 | pmc=PMC4295339 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25614735 }} </ref> | ||
===Less Common Risk Factors=== | ===Less Common Risk Factors=== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alison Leibowitz [2]
Overview
The most potent risk factor in the development of sporotrichosis is handling thorny plants, sphagnum moss, bales of hay, or any plant or plant product that can cause skin trauma. Other risk factors include a weakened immune system, a history of alcoholism, and the handling of infected animals. [1]
Risk Factors
Common Risk Factors
- A risk factor in the development of sporotrichosis is handling thorny plants, sphagnum moss, bales of hay, or any plant or plant product that can lead to minor skin trauma.
- Agriculture-based activities or occupations, such as farming, gardening, and landscaping, are risk factors for the development of sporotrichosis. [1]
- Predisposing conditions responsible for immunosuppression like diabetes mellitus, chronic alcoholism, myeloproliferative disorders, immunosuppressive therapy for organ transplant, autoimmune disorders, or cancers, prolonged treatment with systemic corticosteroids, and HIV infection have been implicated for extracutaneous sporotrichosis, an opportunistic form of infection. [2]
Less Common Risk Factors
- Zoonotic transmission has been reported from insect bites, handling of fish, and bites from felines, birds, canines, rats, reptiles, and horses.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Risk and Prevention". CDC.Gov. Center for Disease Control. 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mahajan VK (2014). "Sporotrichosis: an overview and therapeutic options". Dermatol Res Pract. 2014: 272376. doi:10.1155/2014/272376. PMC 4295339. PMID 25614735.