Word: sporotrichum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...proved remarkably successful against external fungal infections, most researchers have reported it useless against internal (systemic) infections. Mexico's Dr. Antonio González-Ochoa worried about this, tried griseofulvin against several deep-seated fungal infections. In all but one it failed. The exception was sporotrichosis, in which Sporotrichum schenckii attacks the lymph nodes and often causes hidden ulcers. In his first two patients treated with griseofulvin, he found the antibiotic as effective as the conventional potassium iodide treatment. Dr. González-Ochoa's conclusion: the idea that griseofulvin is useful only against surface infections...
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