Light and electron microscopic findings in rhinosporidiosis after dapsone therapy.

Abstract

Morphological findings in serial nasal mucosal biopsies from three cases of rhinosporidiosis on dapsone therapy were compared with biopsies from 33 patients taken before dapsone or surgical treatment was initiated. All biopsies were examined by light microscopy and five by electron microscopy. Counts of histologically intact and degenerated organisms showed a decreasing proportion of intact forms with treatment.

• Authors: S Venkateswaran, A Date, A Job, M Mathan
• Journal: Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH (Trop Med Int Health) Vol. 2 Issue 12 Pg. 1128-32 (Dec 1997) ISSN: 1360-2276 [Print] England
• PMID: 9438467 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Leprostatic Agents
• Dapsone

Topics

• Dapsone (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Leprostatic Agents (therapeutic use)
• Microscopy, Electron
• Rhinosporidiosis (drug therapy, pathology, surgery)
• Rhinosporidium (drug effects, growth & development)