Mycetoma due to Pseudallescheria boydii and co-isolation of Nocardia abscessus in a patient injured in road accident.
We report the case of a patient who developed a mycetoma after experiencing a road accident. From surgical biopsies Pseudallescheria boydii was isolated. Subsequently, after the infection had been treated with itraconazole, a Gram-positive bacterium, identified as the newly described species Nocardia abscessus, was cultured from wound fluids.
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Institute for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Bonn, 53105 Bonn, Germany. regine.horre@gmx.de
Schumacher
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Marklein
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Stratmann
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Wardelmann
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Gilges
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De Hoog
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Schaal
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009615:Nocardia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011541:Pseudallescheria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications