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Black grain mycetoma caused by Leptosphaeria tompkinsii.
- Source :
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Medical mycology [Med Mycol] 2011 Feb; Vol. 49 (2), pp. 186-9. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Leptosphaeria tompkinsii is a dematiaceous fungus which is rarely reported as an agent of black-grain mycetoma. We present a case involving a mycetoma of the hand of a former farmer from Mali, West Africa, who has been a resident in France for 27 years. The patient was successfully treated with surgery and the use of oral itraconazole for 6 months. Species identification was based on sexual reproductive structures observed on potato-carrot agar media and the use of internal transcribed spacer sequencing.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Agriculture
Antifungal Agents administration & dosage
Ascomycota classification
Debridement
Hand microbiology
Hand pathology
Humans
Itraconazole administration & dosage
Male
Mali
Microscopy
Mycetoma drug therapy
Mycetoma microbiology
Mycetoma surgery
Mycology methods
Ascomycota isolation & purification
Mycetoma diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1460-2709
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Medical mycology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21235319
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/13693786.2010.524945