EPIDEMIC POLYURIA IN MAN CAUSED BY A PHYCOMYCETOUS FUNGUS (THE SASSOON HOSPITAL SYNDROME)
| Autor: | Ganla Vg, C. R. Sule, N. S. Deodhar, M.J. Narasimhan |
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| Rok vydání: | 1967 |
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Veterinary medicine medicine.medical_specialty India Rhizopus nigricans Fungus Anorexia Polyuria Internal medicine medicine Humans Epidemic disease Toxins Biological biology business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology Fungi food and beverages Urination disorder General Medicine biology.organism_classification Endocrinology Mycoses Pure culture Female medicine.symptom business Polydipsia |
| Zdroj: | The Lancet. 289:760-761 |
| ISSN: | 0140-6736 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0140-6736(67)91370-0 |
| Popis: | An epidemic disease, with symptoms of severe polyuria accompanied by thirst, anorexia, weakness, and fatigue, has been traced to contamination, by a strain of the fungus Rhizopus nigricans , of the staple millet grains of the people of Maharashtra, India. The disease was reproduced in Swiss albino rats given a pure culture of the fungus. |
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