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On the so-called Bottle-Bacillus (Dermatophyton malassez)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

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The organism, commonly known under the name of the Bottle-bacillus (Flaschen-bacillus; Bacille-bouteille), was first described by Malassez (1874, pp. 203 et seq.), whose observations led him to the following conclusions (p. 211): “Il existe dans la pelade un champignon parasite. Ce champignon occupe les parties les plus superficielles de la couche cornée de l'épiderme; on le trouve entre ou à la surface des cellules épithéliales de cette couche. Il ne se rencontre qu'accidentelle-ment sur les cheveux, et encore siége-t-il sur des cellules épithéliales, qui proviennent de l'épiderme cutané. Il est uniquement constitué par des spores sphériques très-petites.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1910

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