Lida Holmes Mattman
Lida Holmes Mattman Ph.D. (1912–2008) was an immunologist. She graduated with a M.S. in
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biological Sciences at Wayne State University in Detroit where she was engaged in research and lecturing. She has served as President of the Michigan Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, as Chairman of the Medical Division of the Michigan Academy of Sciences, and held various offices in the local chapter of Sigma Xi.[citation needed][1][2]
Her studies have concerned investigating the role of
Coccidiodes immitis, and electron microscope studies of Peptococci. The most in-depth studies relate to L Forms spontaneously occurring in vivo and in vitro.[3]
Mattman developed a new method for culturing B. burgdorferi from patients with purported chronic Lyme disease.[4] This culture method was discredited when it was found that the method used a medium that killed B. burgdorferi.[5] Mattman also authored the book Cell Wall Deficient Forms: Stealth Pathogens.[1] A 2014 literature review found that Cell Wall Deficient forms, also known as L-forms, do not have a role in Lyme disease.[6]
Mattman was nominated for the 1997 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology. She died in 2008 at the age of 96.[2]
References
- ^ ISBN 0849387671.
- ^ a b "Lida Mattman Obituary". Legacy.com. The Detroit News. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ "Studies by Lida Holmes Mattman". Pubmed.
- S2CID 21933403.
- PMID 17914043.
- PMID 24336823.