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Comparative Study
. 1989 Feb;103(2):178-80.
doi: 10.1017/s0022215100108382.

Culture of Rhinosporidium seeberi: preliminary report

S Krishnamoorthy  1 , V P Sreedharan, P Koshy, S Kumar, C K Anilakumari
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Comparative Study

Culture of Rhinosporidium seeberi: preliminary report

S Krishnamoorthy et al. J Laryngol Otol. 1989 Feb.

Abstract

Every year 400 to 450 cases of Rhinosporidium are reported from Trivandrum Medical College. Twenty-five swabs were collected from patients suffering from Rhinosporidiosis and cultured in standard media. Positive results were obtained in 23 cases. The conidia produced from the colony were compared with the structures obtained from the patient material. Light microscopy using histopathological techniques were used. The consistent appearance of the organism in patient material, the repeatability of growth in subcultures and the negative growth in controls indicated that the organism grown in culture is the causative agent of the disease. The effect of parameters like pH, temperatures, etc, were also studied.

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