PMID: 9438062Jan 23, 1998Paper

Rhinosporidiosis: a study that resolves etiologic controversies

American Journal of Rhinology
Karvita B AhluwaliaR C Deka

Abstract

We have been able to isolate the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa from water samples of ponds and river where patients of rhinosporidiosis were bathing. It is likely that this cyanobacterium is the causative agents of this disease. The bluish-green cells of M. aeruginosa also have a colorless small cell stage called nanocyte which has been detected in clear waters of all the pond and river samples studied. Both large cells and nanocytes of M. aeruginosa could be recognized inside the round bodies of rhinosporidiosis by light and electron microscopy. Further work on culturing this organism from excised samples and evaluation for drug therapy are in progress. It is hoped that, if therapy becomes available, no surgery would be required for this disease. It is suggested that the waters from ponds and lakes, as well as municipal and recreational waters, be checked for the nanocyte stage of M. aeruginosa. Etiological controversies of rhinosporidiosis have been reasonably solved. The new findings justify a change in the name "rhinosporidiosis" that had been associated with the fungus Rhinosporidium Seeberi.

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