“…Generally, infection results from inoculation of the fungus through thorns, splinters, scratches and small traumas during leisure and occupational ac- tivities such as floriculture, horticulture, gardening, fi shing, hunting, farming and cattle raising, mining, and wood exploration (Mackinnon et al 1969, Mayorga et al 1978, Read and Sperling 1982, Rippon 1988, Kauffman 1999, Lopes et al 1999, Pappas et al 2000, Barros et al 2003. Laboratory professionals can be infected accidentally while manipulating S. schenckii cultures (Thompson andKaplan 1977, Cooper et al 1992).…”