Mycetoma due to Pseudallescheria boydii and co-isolation of Nocardia abscessus in a patient injured in road accident

We report the case of a patient who developed a mycetoma after experiencing a road accident. From surgical biopsies Pseudallescheria boydii was isolated. Subsequently, after the infection had been treated with itraconazole, a Gram-positive bacterium, identified as the newly described species Nocardi...

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Published in:Medical mycology (Oxford) 2002-10, Vol.40 (5), p.525-527
Main Authors: HORRE, R, SCHUMACHER, G, MARKLEIN, G, STRATMANN, H, WARDELMANN, E, GILGES, S, DE HOOG, G. S, SCHAAL, K. P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Traffic
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Human mycoses
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Mycetoma - microbiology
Mycetoma - pathology
Mycetoma - surgery
Mycoses
Mycotic mycetomas
Nocardia - isolation & purification
Pseudallescheria - isolation & purification
Tropical mycoses
Wounds and Injuries - complications
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Summary:We report the case of a patient who developed a mycetoma after experiencing a road accident. From surgical biopsies Pseudallescheria boydii was isolated. Subsequently, after the infection had been treated with itraconazole, a Gram-positive bacterium, identified as the newly described species Nocardia abscessus, was cultured from wound fluids.
ISSN:1369-3786
1460-2709
DOI:10.1080/714031143