Mycetomas caused by Streptomyces pelletieri in Madras, India.
Biopsy specimens from 93 patients with mycetoma were examined histologically; Streptomyces pelletieri was found in 12 cases. In addition, two cases of actinomycetoma pedis in which S pelletieri has been isolated in culture are described. In both, the characteristic red granules were seen.
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification*