Evaluation of diagnosed cases of eye rhinosporidiosis in a public hospital of Maranhão, Northeast Brazil

Evaluation of diagnosed cases of eye rhinosporidiosis in a public hospital of Maranhão, Northeast Brazil

Abstract Background Oculosporidiosis (ocular rhinosporidiosis) accounts for 15% of cases of rhinosporidiosis, which is a chronic granulomatous disease and is endemic in India and Sri Lanka. In Brazil, the climatic and hydrographic similarities to these endemic areas and the presence of riverside pop...

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Main Authors: Francílio Araújo Almeida, Antonio Augusto Lima Teixeira-Junior, Jaqueline Diniz Pinho, Elaine Fiod Costa, Gyl Eanes Barros Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Oculosporidiosis
Rhinosporidiosis
Maranhão
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-019-1223-x

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