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Volume 30, Number 4—April 2024
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Case Report of Nasal Rhinosporidiosis in South Africa

Huzaifah Mayet, Denasha L. Reddy, Tika Bello Alvarez, Yahya Atiya, Nelesh P. Govender, Monica BirkheadComments to Author , Tsidiso Maphanga, and Sugeshnee Pather
Author affiliations: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (H. Mayet, D.L. Reddy, T. Bello Alvarez, Y. Atiya, N.P. Govender, S. Pather); Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg (H. Mayet, D.L. Reddy, T. Bello Alvarez, Y. Atiya, S. Pather); St George’s University of London, London, UK (N.P. Govender); University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa (N.P. Govender); University of Exeter, Exeter, UK (N.P. Govender); National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg (N.P. Govender, M. Birkhead, T. Maphanga); National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg (S. Pather)

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Case reports of rhinosporidiosis in South Africa*

Location of exposure or reporting facility† Age, y/sex (no.) Infection site Date reported Reference
Driefontein, Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal 12/M Nasal 1951 (10)
Edendale Hospital, Pietermariztburg, KwaZulu-Natal 10/M Ocular 1959 (11)
Edendale Hospital, Pietermariztburg, KwaZulu-Natal 12/M Nasal 1977 (12)
Edendale Hospital, Pietermariztburg, KwaZulu-Natal 14/M Nasal 1977 (12)
King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 9–15/M (4), F (2) 4 ocular, 2 nasal 1987 (13)
Umtata General Hospital, Mthatha, Eastern Cape <15/M (3), F (3) 6 ocular 2005 (14)
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Ga-Rankuwa, Gauteng 17/M Nasal 2017 (15)
Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, Gauteng 24/F Nasal 2022 This study

*All patients were Black persons from Africa. †Name of facility at date of publication.

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