Carlos da Silva Lacaz, Brazilian
medical mycologist and historian of medicine (Guaratinguetá, São Paulo State 19
September 1915 – São Paulo 23 April 2002) From
French, Swiss and Italian descent Authored about 500 scientific works Performed researches in medical mycology and tropical
pathology Characterized infection by
paracoccidioidomycosis With S.A.P. Sampaio introduced amphotericin
B treatment for paracoccidioidomycosis (1958) With Passos Filho demonstrated the
existence of Blastomycosis-infection First to report sporotrichosis transmission from cat to man With F. Almeida, S.A.P. Sampaio & J.C. Fernandes. Dados
estatísticos sobre a esporotricose – análise de 344 casos. Na. Bras. Derm. Sifil. 1:9-12, 1955 Set down the general rules in
isolating and identifying Actinomycetes Orientação geral no isolamento e identificação dos Actinomicetos produtores de micetomas. Rev. Bras. Med. 3:442-4, 1946 WITH F.P. DE ALMEIDA First to
isolate Histoplasma capsulatum (1939)
Obtained
antigen paracoccidiodin for skin test of South American blastomycosis (1941) Described Geotrichum
virulens (1940) Developed Almeida-Silva Lacaz yeast sporulation médium Nova técnica para demonstração rápida dos ascoporos. Folia Clin. Biol. 12(4), 1940 NEW METHODS/TECHNIQUES Techniques for determination of Rh blood group With H.C. Ferreira & O. Mellone. Um processo rápido e eficiente para a determinação do fator Rh. Rev. Bras. Med. 1(2):179-182, 1946 With colleagues. Nossa experiência com o fator Rh. Dados
estatísticos. Nova técnica de determinação do fator Rh. Rev. Paul. Med. 29:233, 1946 Modified
Gomori-Grocott method for studying Pneumocystis
carinii (1973) A new method for microculture of fungi With E.
Porto, N. Takahashi & E.M. Heins. Nuevo metodo para microcultivo de
hongos. Rev. Arg. Micol.
4:24-9, 1981 With M.J.
Mendes-Giannini, M.E. Camargo & A.W. Ferreira. Immunoenzymatic absorption
test for serodiagnosis of paracoccidioidomycosis. J. Clin. Microbiol.
20(1):103-8, 1984 HONORS Rhoda Benham Medal, Medical Society of the Americas (1977) Lucille K. Georg Award, International Society for Human and Medical Mycology (1988) Genus Lacazia Taborda, Taborda & McGinnis 1999 (Fungi) |
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