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Experimentally induced mycetoma: Species of sporotrichum and sporothrix

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The potential pathogenicity of four saprophytic species of Sporotrichum, viz; S. carnis, S. cerebriforme, S. pruinosum and S. thermophile were compared to S. schenckii and all could survive in vivo and S. pruinosum may possess limited virulence. Thielavia thermophila and Sporothrix albicans were able to cause local mycetoma.

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Stretton, R.J. Experimentally induced mycetoma: Species of sporotrichum and sporothrix. Mycopathologia 55, 83–90 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00444276

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