Table1:

 Etiologies of subcutaneous nodules with a sporotrichoid spread

 

Organism

Frequency

Fungi:

Sporothrix schenckii

Blastomyces dermatitidis

Coccidioides immitis

Histoplasma capsulatum

Cryptococcus neoformans

Scedosporium apiospermum

Fusarium species

Scopulariopsis blochii

 

 

++++

+

++

+

+

+

+

+

Bacteria:

Nocardia brasiliensis

Nocardia asteroides, otitidiscaviarum, transvalensis

Francisella tularensis

Streptococcus pyogenes

Staphylococcus aureus

Bacillus anthracis

Pseudomonas pseudomallei

 

 

+++

+

++

+

+

+

+

Mycobacteria:

M.marinum

M.chelonae, kansasii, intracellulare, tuberculosis, fortuitum

 

 

++++

+

Protozoa:

Leishmania braziliensis

Leishmania tropica

Leishmania major

 

 

+++

++

+

Virus:

Cowpox virus

Herpes simplex

 

+

+