title: 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.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Venkateswaran
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Date
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Job
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mathan
mesh_terms: D003622:Dapsone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012227:Rhinosporidiosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012228:Rhinosporidium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D007917:Leprostatic Agents; D003622:Dapsone