Biography
Antonio Carini, Italian / Brazilian microbiologist and parasitologist (Sondrio, Lombardy Region 17 September 1872 – Milano 09 April 1950)
ACHIEVEMENTS
Described lamellar ichthyosis or Carini syndrome
Di una forma attenuate della cosidetta “ittiosi sebacea” (I. lamellare). Giorn. Ital. delle Malad. Ven. Pelle 82, 1895
Demonstrated that swine croup was que o garrotilho dos porcos is blood anthrax (1909)
Described a generalized mycosis in frogs and toads analogous to verrucous dermatitis
Sur une moissisure qui cause une maladie spontane de Leptodactylus pentadactylus. Ann. Pasteur (1910)
With Parreiras Horta discovered that bats can transmit rabies (1911). This fact was confirmed by German scientists in 1914
Sobre a epizootia da raiva observada no Estado de Santa Catarina. Morcegos propagadores da moléstia. Chácaras e Quintaes 3(6), 1911
First to report natural toxoplasmosis of birds (1911)
Discovered causative agent of pulmonary tuberculosis in mice (Carini pneumonia) that was named Pneumocystis carinii in his honor (1912)
Identified Leishmania brasiliensis (1909) independent of Lindemberg
With A. Lindemberg established procedures for laboratorial diagnosis of leishmaniasis
Showed the epidemic paronychia as a special localization of tropical ulcer
Oxonyxis ulcereux phagédénique. Bull. Soc. Path. Exot. 10 (1915)
Determinated arsenic-based treatment for bovine piroplasmosis
Proved the beneficial action of quinine hydrochloride on skin lesions of amebiasis
DESCRIBED PROTOZOAN TAXA
Valid Genera
Bertarellia 1930
Dermosporidium 1940
Pintospora 1944
Rangelia 1915 with Maciel
Species
86