Guillermo Seeber (Argentina, 1896) and Rhinosporidium seeberi (Niño, 1938)

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Rhinosporidium seeberi is another pathogenic fungus whose discovery is related to Latin America. Guillermo Seeber, also a student at Wernicke’s laboratory first reported the disease and described the microorganism in 1900 [6, 7].

[6] Niño F. Contribución al estudio de las blastomicosis en la República Argentina. Bol. Inst. Clínica 1938; 117: 380-400.

[7] Arseculeratne SN, Ajello L. Rhinosporidium seeberi. In: Ajello L, Hay RJ, eds. Medical Mycology, Vol 4, Topley & Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections. London: Arnold, 1998; 595-615.