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A preliminary note on inter-reaction of skin test sensitivity between Histoplasmin and Chrysosporin in experimental animals

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Species ofChrysosporium have been isolated from soil in Iran. Guinea pigs inoculated withChrysosporium keratinophilum gave a positive skin test to histoplasmin and vice versa. This would suggest thatChrysosporium species might be reponsible for positive skin tests to histoplasmin in areas known not to be endemic for histoplasmosis.

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  1. Manoocher Asgari M. D. (USPHS International Postdoctoral Fellow, Asst. Prof.)

    Present address: Dept. of Parasitology, Teheran Medical School, Teheran, Iran

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  1. Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, Ga.

    Manoocher Asgari M. D. (USPHS International Postdoctoral Fellow, Asst. Prof.)

  2. Duke University, Durham, N. C., USA

    Manoocher Asgari M. D. (USPHS International Postdoctoral Fellow, Asst. Prof.)

  3. Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Duke University, Durham, N. C., USA

    Norman F. Conant Ph. D. (Professor and Chairman)

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Asgari, M., Conant, N.F. A preliminary note on inter-reaction of skin test sensitivity between Histoplasmin and Chrysosporin in experimental animals. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 23, 321–327 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02049003

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