Jorge Lôbo's disease. Observations on its epidemiology and some unusual morphological forms of the fungus
Dias, L.B.; Sampaio, M.M.; Silva, D.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo 12(1): 8-15
1970
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-4665 PMID: 5535344 Document Number: 24216
Two cases of the disease are described from the same household (both farmers, 35 and 40 yr old) and from the same locality of the Amazon region of Brazil. Diagnosis was confirmed by histological examination. The failure of the fungus to grow in traditional culture media renders its classification difficult. Infection was established by inoculating material into the cheek pouch of hamsters. The distribution of the disease (about 69 known cases) is mapped for the area.