The Syndrome of the Alcoholic Rose Gardener: Sporotrichosis of the Radial Tendon Sheath: Report of a Case Cured with Amphotericin B
1964; American College of Physicians; Volume: 61; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.7326/0003-4819-61-6-1139
ISSN1539-3704
Autores Tópico(s)Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
ResumoCase Studies1 December 1964The Syndrome of the Alcoholic Rose GardenerReport of a Case Cured with Amphotericin BLAURENCE H. KEDES, M.D., JENNIE SIEMIENSKI, M.S., A. I. BRAUDE, M.D.LAURENCE H. KEDES, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JENNIE SIEMIENSKI, M.S.Search for more papers by this author, A. I. BRAUDE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-61-6-1139 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe purpose of this report is to call attention to a new kind of home accident and its treatment. It describes the case of a steelworker who passed his leisure hours inebriated in his rose garden. He once pricked himself so deeply on a thorn of a rose bush that the fungus, Sporotrichum schenckii, gained entrance to the closed plane of his radial tendon sheath.CASE REPORTW. 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