Abstract
Rhinosporidiosis, first recognized in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is caused by an organism that was originally detected by Seeber in 1896. He thought he had found a new protozoan organism but it is now believed that the causative agent is a fungus, probably a member of the phycomycetes, and it has been named Rhinosporidium seeberi. The disease is endemic in south India and Sri Lanka and has been seen sporadically in most countries, from the United States to Malaysia and from Argentina to Poland. It may occur at any age and is more commonly diagnosed in men than in women in a ratio of 10 to 1.
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Pettit, J.H.S., Parish, L.C. (1984). Rhinosporidiosis. In: Manual of Tropical Dermatology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8292-8_15
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