Abstract
Abstract Smears of lesion exudates from 34 patients suspected of having sporotrichosis were examined by the direct fluorescent antibody (FA) technique and the results compared with those obtained by culture. Sporotrichum schenckii cells were found by the fluorescent antibody technique in smears from 24, or 89 per cent, of 27 culturally positive individuals. One of 7 culturally negative individuals was also found to be positive by the fluorescent antibody procedure. This one individual responded to potassium iodide therapy. These results indicate that the direct FA technique can be employed as a rapid screening procedure for sporotrichosis.
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