Actinomycotic mycetoma due to Streptomyces somaliensis: report of a case in South Africa.
The etiology of mycetomas due to aerobic actinomycetes in southern Africa is still not well understood. Martin and Berson (1973) have suggested that trauma plays an important initial part in this and several other subcutaneous mycotic infections but adequate documentation is often sadly lacking. The following case report is the first known for southern Africa in which Streptomyces somaliensis has been shown by culture and by histology to be the casual organism, and one of the few where the history is well known.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D013019:South Africa; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification*