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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Lutz-Splendore-de Almeida disease is named for the physicians Adolfo Lutz, Alfonso Splendore, and Floriano Paulo de Almeida, who first characterized the disease in Brazil in the early 20th century. <ref> Paracoccidioidomycosis. Wikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracoccidioidomycosis. Accessed on January 12, 2016</ref> | Lutz-Splendore-de Almeida disease is named for the physicians Adolfo Lutz, Alfonso Splendore, and Floriano Paulo de Almeida, who first characterized the disease in Brazil in the early 20th century. <ref> Paracoccidioidomycosis. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracoccidioidomycosis. Accessed on January 12, 2016</ref> | ||
==Historical Perspective== | ==Historical Perspective== | ||
===Discovery=== | ===Discovery=== | ||
Adolfo Lutz, a Brazilian physician, first discovered ''Paracoccidioides brasilensis'' in 1908. In 1912, another Brazilian physician, Luigi Splendore, described the fungus and changed its name to ''Zimonema brasiliense''. At last, physician Floriano de Almeida in 1930 created the genre ''Paracoccidioides'' to accommodate the species, and stating its difference from ''paracocidioides immitis''. <ref> Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Wikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracoccidioides_brasiliensis#cite_note-6. Accessed on January 12, 2016</ref> | Adolfo Lutz, a Brazilian physician, first discovered ''[[Paracoccidioides brasilensis]]'' in 1908. In 1912, another Brazilian physician, Luigi Splendore, described the fungus and changed its name to ''Zimonema brasiliense''. At last, physician Floriano de Almeida in 1930 created the genre ''Paracoccidioides'' to accommodate the species, and stating its difference from ''paracocidioides immitis''. <ref> Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Wikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracoccidioides_brasiliensis#cite_note-6. Accessed on January 12, 2016</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Lutz-Splendore-de Almeida disease is named for the physicians Adolfo Lutz, Alfonso Splendore, and Floriano Paulo de Almeida, who first characterized the disease in Brazil in the early 20th century. [1]
Historical Perspective
Discovery
Adolfo Lutz, a Brazilian physician, first discovered Paracoccidioides brasilensis in 1908. In 1912, another Brazilian physician, Luigi Splendore, described the fungus and changed its name to Zimonema brasiliense. At last, physician Floriano de Almeida in 1930 created the genre Paracoccidioides to accommodate the species, and stating its difference from paracocidioides immitis. [2]
References
- ↑ Paracoccidioidomycosis. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracoccidioidomycosis. Accessed on January 12, 2016
- ↑ Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Wikipedia.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracoccidioides_brasiliensis#cite_note-6. Accessed on January 12, 2016