EXPERIMENTAL PATHOGENICITY OF SPOROTHRIX-SCHENCKII PRESERVED IN WATER(CASTELLANI)

Authors
DECAPRILES CH ESSAYAG SM LANDER A CAMACHO R
Citation
Ch. Decapriles et al., EXPERIMENTAL PATHOGENICITY OF SPOROTHRIX-SCHENCKII PRESERVED IN WATER(CASTELLANI), Mycopathologia, 122(3), 1993, pp. 129-133
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology,Pathology
Journal title
Mycopathologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0301486X
Volume
122
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
129 - 133
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-486X(1993)122:3<129:EPOSPI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Five strains of Sporothrix schenckii preserved in sterile destillated water were found morphologically stable, viable and pure after a perio d ranging from 16 to 13 years, in the mycology section culture collect ion from the Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidad Central de Ve nezuela. Each strain was inoculated into the testes of 3 hamsters. All the animals developed disseminated sporotrichosis.