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Occurrence of subcutaneous zygomycosis caused by Basidiobolus haptosporus in Brazil

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There were described the first three South American cases of subcutaneous zygomycosis caused by B. haptosporus. The patients were children from nearby towns lying just north of 13 ° latitude S. The diagnosis was based on histopathological aspects plus cultural isolation of the fungus.

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  1. Chief of the Department of Pathology, Hospital Martagão Gesteira Liga Baiana contra Mortalidade Infantil, Brazil

    Achiléa Lisboa Bittencourt (Adjunt Professor)

  2. Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil

    Achiléa Lisboa Bittencourt (Adjunt Professor) & Jörge Luiz Andrade Bastos (Medical Student)

  3. Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico, Brazil

    A. T. Londero (Researcher)

  4. Centro para Estudo e Controle de Doenças Transmissiveis, LACEN, Bahia, Brazil

    Maria Das Graças Santana Araujo (Mycologist)

  5. Chief of the Department of Oncology, Hospital Martagäo Gesteira Liga Baiana contra Mortalidade Infantil, Brazil

    Núbia Mendonça

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Bittencourt, A.L., Londero, A.T., Araujo, M.D.G.S. et al. Occurrence of subcutaneous zygomycosis caused by Basidiobolus haptosporus in Brazil. Mycopathologia 68, 101–104 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00441089

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