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Floriano Paulo de Almeida
Brazilian physician, 1898-1977.
Associated eponyms:
Lutz-Splendore-de Almeida disease
A blastomycosis caused by the fungus Paracoccidioides (Blastomyces) brasiliensis.
Biography:
Floriano Paulo de Almeida was the founder of mycologic studies at the University of São Paulo, where he and E. Souza Campos, professor of Microbiology and Immunology, created the Center of Mycology in 1924. De Almeida was professor of medical mycology at the medical faculty of this university.
We thank Andre Trombeta for information submitted.
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