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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alison Leibowitz [2]
Overview
There are no available vaccines against sporotrichosis. Primary prevention strategies include wearing protective clothing while engaging in high risk activities, such as handling thorny plants, sphagnum moss, bales of hay, or any plant or plant product that may potentially cause skin trauma, limiting handling of sphagnum moss, and avoiding physical contact with infected animals, namely felines.
Prevention
- The vast majority of incidents of sporotrichosis manifest upon epidermal inoculation of S. schenckii while working with vegetation or plant based materials that are carrying spores. Preventative measures include:
- Wearing durable gloves, long sleeves, and thick-sole boots while engaging in high risk activities, such as handling thorny plants, sphagnum moss, bales of hay, or any plant or plant product that may potentially cause skin trauma.
- Decreasing one's handling time of sphagnum moss and only handling the moss if one has significant gardening experience and is not immunodeficient.[1]
- Wearing protective clothing while armadillo hunting in Uruguay and Brazil.[2]
- Knowledge regarding zoonotic transmission. Infected felines are the most common source of zoonotic transmission of sporotrichosis. To prevent transmission, cats with sporotrichosis should receive treatment and remain isolated from any form of physical contact.[3]
References
- ↑ Moszczyński P, Starek A, Lew-Władyka Z (1979). "[Cytochemical and immunological examinations of workers exposed to the effects of organic solvents of paints and varnishes. I. Activity of beta-glucuronidase and N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase. Glycogen content in lymphocytes]". Med Pr. 30 (5): 345–52. PMID 514070.
- ↑ Alves S. H., et al. 2010. Sporothrix schenckii associated with armadillo hunting in Southern Brazil: epidemiological and antifungal susceptibility profiles. Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 43:523–525.>
- ↑ Barros MB, de Almeida Paes R, Schubach AO (2011). "Sporothrix schenckii and Sporotrichosis". Clin Microbiol Rev. 24 (4): 633–54. doi:10.1128/CMR.00007-11. PMC 3194828. PMID 21976602.