From past experience, it has been known that potassium iodide is a highly effective agent in the treatment of sporotrichosis, failing only in widely disseminated cases. However, no experimental or theoretical evidence has been presented to substantiate this knowledge, as potassium iodide has practically no fungistatic effect i)i vitro on Sporofrichum schenckii, the causative agent of this disease.

Potassium iodide has no fungistatic effect in vitro on Sporofrichum schenckii, suggesting its effectiveness in treating sporotrichosis is based on past experience rather than scientific evidence.

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MECHANISM OF ANTIFUNGAL ACTION OF POTASSIUM IODIDE ON SPOROTRICHOSIS

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