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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2365</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.7324/IJCRR.2017.9223</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>A Case Report of Rare Fungal Lesion&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chelladurai</surname><given-names>Vimala</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Lakshmi</surname><given-names>Yoga</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Srinivasan</surname><given-names>Chitra</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Karthik</surname><given-names>Sharanya</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>13</fpage><lpage>15</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Aim: Sporotrichosis is a common subcutaneous mycotic fungal infection caused by the dimorphic fungus sporothrixschenkii&#13;
Case Report: Here we report a rare case, 50 years old male, farmer by occupation presented with history of pain and swelling both the forearms for a duration of 6 months. Diagnosed with Sporotrichosis fungal infection on tissue biopsy.&#13;
Discussion: Sporotrichosis is a rare, acute or chronic fungal infection caused by the dimorphic fungus sporothrixschenkii. Infection commonly results from percutaneous inoculation of infected wood splinters or thorns. Farmers, florist and gardeners are most usually affected. In our case also patient was a farmer by occupation. Sporotrichosis is a slowly progressive disease and initial symptom may appear 1 to 12 weeks after the exposure to the fungus.&#13;
Conclusion: As Sporotrichosis is an uncommon fungal disease awareness of this disease and an extensive environmental study is required to understand the actual burden of the disease.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Sporotrichosis</kwd><kwd> Fungus</kwd><kwd> Subcutaneous</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
