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REPORT OF A CASE

. D. BUSH, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1941;43(3):485-490.

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In May 1894 Gilchrist examined sections in which he first found blastomycetes. In November 1894 Busse¹ reported a case of systemic blastomycosis in which the diagnosis was confirmed by postmortem examination. In 1896 Gilchrist and Stokes² reported a case of chronic cutaneous oidium infection. The causative organism was found in pus and in sections of tissue. Inoculations of animals with fresh tissue gave negative results. The cultural characteristics of the organism were described, and in a subsequent report, in 1896,³ this case was definitely classified as one of cutaneous blastomycosis. Since its recognition many therapeutic agents have been used in the treatment of the disease, and iodides have held a prominent place among these agents. Little attention has been given to the use of intravenous injections of compound solution of iodine U. S. P., as suggested by Ravaut,⁴ in the treatment of this and other mycotic . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
UNIVERSITY, ALA.

From the Department of Bacteriology and Pathology, University of Alabama School of Medicine.

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