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Isolation of Sporothrix Fungorum From A 500‐Year‐Old Mummy Found in Greenland
Author(s) -
Bodenhoff Jessie,
Geertinger P.,
Prause J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0304-131X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1979.tb02426.x
Subject(s) - sporothrix , sporothrix schenckii , isolation (microbiology) , fungus , biology , sporotrichosis , medicine , dermatology , microbiology and biotechnology , paleontology
A 500‐year‐old mummy of a seven‐month‐old Eskimo infant recently removed from a tomb north of Umanak presented problems of preservation. Among these was fungal coating on the skin, especially on the face. The fungus was isolated and diagnosed as a Sporothrix fungorum. The skin was successfully treated with nystatine. The species Sporothrix fungorum isolated is considered to be very rare, having been reported previously only from Europe and South Africa, but never from Greenland.