title: Two cases of mycetoma due to Nocardia brasiliensis in central Australia.
abstract: Comparatively few cases of mycetoma ("Madura foot") have been reported in Australia, and only one caused by Nocardia brasiliensis. We report two Aboriginal women from remote communities in central Australia who presented with longstanding mycetomas caused by this organism. Difficulties in diagnosis substantially delayed commencement of effective treatment, illustrating the need to consider this condition in chronic suppurative skin infection.
authors.affiliation: Medical Unit, Alice Springs Hospital, NT.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology / Q000382:microbiology*; D009615:Nocardia / Q000145:classification; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000150:complications*; D015876:Northern Territory; D012423:Rural Health; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination