Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic, granulomatous infection caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi, a protist belonging to the mesomycetozoea family of aquatic parasites, which primarily affects the mucous membranes of the nose and eye. Disseminated disease is rare. Rhinosporidium seeberi was first described in 1900. The disease is more common in South India and Sri Lanka.
Category
Parasitic infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases
Nonintestinal protozoal diseases
1F56 Rhinosporidiosis
H02400 Rhinosporidiosis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Parasitic infections (protists)
Infections caused by Ichthyosporea
H02400 Rhinosporidiosis
Pathogen
Rhinosporidium seeberi
Comment
Several authors have proposed that the infection is acquired via direct exposure to contaminated water (ponds, lakes or rivers) or field dust.
