| epidemic cutaneous sporotrichosis: report of 16 cases in queensland due to mouldy hay. | we report an epidemic of sporotrichosis in a south-east queensland rural community. sporotrichosis is a fungal infection due to the organism sporothrix schenckii, typically presenting with cutaneous lesions. sixteen cases of cutaneous sporotrichosis were seen over a 9 month period in the darling downs region of queensland. all patients had had contact with a batch of mouldy hay presumed to be contaminated by sporothrix schenckii. nine of 16 patients were male; the youngest patient was aged 11 an ... | 1998 | 9529687 |