Sporotrichosis, Plain of Jars, Lao People's Democratic Republic.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: September 1, 2005| Author: Newton, Paul N.; Chung, Wen-Hung; Phetsouvanh, Rattanaphone; White, Nicholas J. | Copyright information

To the Editor: In May 2003, a previously healthy, 42-year-old rice farmer and miller, living on the Plain of Jars (Xieng Khuang Province) in northeast Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) (Laos), dehusked and polished glutinous rice in her hand-operated rice mill. While milling, her hand slipped, removing the skin covering the interpharyngeal joint of her right index finger, on a dusty, wooden part of the machine. She did not recall the implantation of a wood splinter. During the...

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