{{Short description|German pathologist (1867–1922)}} thumb|Otto Busse {{About|the pathologist|the resistance fighter|Otto Busse (resistance fighter)}}
'''Otto Emil Franz Ulrich Busse''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɔtoː ˈbʊsə|pron|De-Otto Busse.ogg}}; 6 December 1867 – 3 February 1922) was a German pathologist. Busse was born in Gühlitz, Kingdom of Prussia.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Peter Friedli|chapter=Busse, Otto Emil Franz Ulrich|title=Neue Deutsche Biographie|volume=3|year=1957|page= 76|url=http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd129753483.html}}</ref>
He studied medicine at the University of Greifswald, and subsequently became an assistant to Paul Grawitz (1850–1932), (his future father-in-law) at Greifswald. Afterwards he moved to Posen (today Poznań, Poland), where in 1904 he became a professor of pathology. From 1911 until 1922 he was professor of pathological anatomy at the University of Zurich, where he died.
In 1894 Busse was the first to provide a written account of cryptococcosis, caused by a yeast-like fungus now known as ''Cryptococcus neoformans''. This he discovered in a patient with chronic periostitis of the tibia. At the time he called the fungus ''Saccharomyces hominis''. During the same time period, Francesco Sanfelice cultured the yeast-like fungus from peach juice, naming the fungus ''Saccharomyces neoformans''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Sjvw_UrxDL8C&dq=Busse++%22Saccharomyces+hominis%22&pg=PA231 Clinical Mycology] by Elias J. Anaissie, Michael R. McGinnis, Michael A. Pfaller</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bnWQsv2eTcEC&dq=%22Saccharomyces+neoformans%22&pg=PA660 The Yeasts, a Taxonomic Study] by C. P. Kurtzman, Jack W. Fell</ref> Infection caused by the fungus has also been referred to as "Busse-Buschke disease", named in conjunction with dermatologist Abraham Buschke (1868–1943).
==See also== *Hanns von Meyenburg
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== External links ==
* [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&list_uids=7854363&cmd=Retrieve&indexed=google NCBI] One hundred years of cryptococcosis. Medical mycology in the 19th century in Greifswald * [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://home.arcor.de/prignitzportal/citizen/seite_busse_otto.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=9&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Otto%2BBusse%2522%2B1867%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG PrignitzLexikon] (translated biography of Otto Busse) * [http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1793.html ''Busse-Buschke disease''] @ Who Named It {{Authority control}}
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