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EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION WITH BASIDIOBOLUS HAPTOSPORUS
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University of Bahia. School of Medicine. Department of Pathology. Salvador, BA, Brazil
University of Bahia. School of Medicine. Department of Pathology. Salvador, BA, Brazil
University of Bahia. School of Medicine. Department of Pathology. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Laboratório Central. Centro para Estudo e Controle de Doenças Transmissiveis. Salvador, BA, Brasil
University of Bahia. School of Medicine. Department of Pathology. Salvador, BA, Brazil
University of Bahia. School of Medicine. Department of Pathology. Salvador, BA, Brazil
Laboratório Central. Centro para Estudo e Controle de Doenças Transmissiveis. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Abstract
The authors tried to reproduce experimentally the Basidiobolus haptosporus infection. Culture forms of
the fungus were inoculated in 26 adult hamsters, in two newborn hamsters and in two marmosets. Oral,
intratesticular, intrahepatic, intraperitonial and subcutaneous inoculations were made. Bethametasone was
given prior to inoculation in a group of animals.
The lesions produced were only of the foreign body type and there was no development of the fungus in the
animal tissues. The AA concluded that an experimental model for the B. haptosporus infection has not yet
been found
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