Sporotrichosis primary prevention
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Primary prevention
Primary prevention
- The majority of sporotrichosis cases occur when the fungus is introduced through a cut or puncture in the skin while handling vegetation containing the fungal spores.
- Prevention of this disease includes wearing long sleeves and gloves while working with soil, hay bales, rose bushes, pine seedlings, and sphagnum moss.[1]
- Wear heavy boots to prevent puncture wounds
- Avoid contact with infected animals in order to prevent zoonotic transmission.
References
References
- ↑ 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.
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