Alexandrino de Moraes Pedroso, Brazilian bacteriologist  (Cotia, São Paulo State 1881 – São Paulo 1922)

First reported the importance of pets in epidemiological cycle of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (1913)

With E. Brumpt. Leishmania local do cão. Ann. Paul.Med.Cir. 1(2):33-9, 1913

With José Maria Gomes observed first chromoblastomycosis or Lane-Pedroso-Gomes  disease (1911) but didn’t publish  until 1920, losing his priority to Max Rudolph. Its etiologic agent was named  Fonsecaea pedrosoi in his honor

With J.M.Gomes. Sobre quatro casos de dermatite verrucosa produzida por Phialophora verrucosa. An. Paul.Med. Cir. 11:53-1, 1920

With Pedro Dias da Silva first to growing Leishmania brasiliensis in culture

With P.D. da Silva. Botão do Oriente (Leishmaniose ulcerante). Cultura da Leishmania tropica (Leishmania wrighti). Arch. Soc. Med. Cir. S. Paulo 1:305-14, 1911

Introduced improvements in Nicolle medium