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This prospective study was carried out to isolate <jats:italic>Sporothrix schenckii<\/jats:italic> from different environmental samples collected from the vicinity of cutaneous sporotrichosis patients. All patients of cutaneous sporotrichosis diagnosed during March 2005\u2013February 2006 were studied. Twenty\u2010one biopsy specimens and 62 environmental samples of soil, various thorns, corn\u2010stalk, grass\u2010blades and sphagnum moss were subjected to mycologic culture on Sabouraud\u2019s glucose agar. <jats:italic>Sporothrix schenckii<\/jats:italic> was identified by colony characteristics, lacto\u2010phenol cotton blue mounts and demonstration of temperature dimorphism. These patients (F\u2003:\u2003M 15\u2003:\u20036) were between 12 and 72\u2003years of age and had cutaneous lesions for 45\u2003days to 4\u2003years. Lymphocutaneous and fixed cutaneous sporotrichosis was seen in 14 (66.6%) and 7 (33.3%) patients respectively. Extremities were involved in 16 (76.2%); and 5 (23.8%) patients had facial lesions. Ten (47.4%) biopsy specimens and six environmental (three soil, three corn\u2010stalk) samples were culture\u2010positive, which showed morphological characteristics suggesting <jats:italic>Sporothrix schenckii<\/jats:italic>. No variation in colony characteristics and mycelial morphology was observed in growth isolates from clinical or environmental samples. Temperature dimorphism was observed in all the 10 isolates obtained from the clinical specimens and in two isolates cultured from corn\u2010stalk. Corn\u2010stalks are evidently important sources of <jats:italic>Sporothrix schenckii<\/jats:italic> infection although subsequent contamination of wounds appears more important for development of clinical disease. Culture of <jats:italic>Sporothrix schenckii<\/jats:italic> from environmental sources may not be always possible to correlate with profile of injuries.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0507.2007.01411.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,7,18]],"date-time":"2007-07-18T10:35:28Z","timestamp":1184754928000},"page":"496-501","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":44,"title":["Isolation of <i>Sporothrix schenckii <\/i>from the environmental sources of cutaneous sporotrichosis patients in Himachal Pradesh, India: results of a pilot study"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"50","author":[{"given":"Karan Inder Singh","family":"Mehta","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nand Lal","family":"Sharma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anil 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