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A unique infection in man caused by a new yeast-like organism, a pathogenic member of the genus Sepedomum.

Publication Details

Amer. J. Path., 10, 731-38. 1934 CE.

Cultivation of Histoplasma capsulatum before DeMonbreun (No. 5542); preliminary announcement in Science, 1933, 77, Suppl. 2002, p. 8. DeMonbreun and Hansmann & Schenken independently and almost simultaneously demonstrated the fungal nature of the pathogen.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#5541.2
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/6739
External URLa-unique-infection-in-man-caused-by-a-new-yeastlike-organism-a-pathogenic-member-of-the-genus-sepedomum