Mycetoma-like infection caused by previously undescribed bacterium.
A 56-year-old man had a verrucous plaque with draining abscesses on the dorsum of hir foot for four years. Examination of cultures revealed a Gram-negative bacterium that, to our knowledge, has not been described in the literature. The infection was cured by treatment with co-trimoxazole (trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole) and topical 10% lactic acid in hydrophylic emulsion base.
D000188:Actinobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000189:Actinobacillus Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014295:Trimethoprim; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole