A rare European case of Madura Foot due to actinomycetes.
We present a case of mycetoma by Actinomadura spp. on the foot of an Albanian young man arrived to our observation approximately 5 years after the first clinical manifestations (hard tumefaction, slightly painful upon weight-bearing and palpation and cutaneous fistulas that discharged an abundant granulomatous secretion). Direct microscopic analysis and culture of the white-yellowish grains included Gram staining, which showed extensively branched Gram-positive hyphae less than 1 mm in diameter, allowing to make a diagnosis of Actinomycetoma. Since Actinomycetoma is sensitive to drug treatment, the patient was given trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and amikacin twice daily for 45 days. After six months of chemotherapy, the patient's general condition improved, the swelling is slightly diminished and grain extrusion has ceased. The patient has been able to resume ambulation with normal footwear. Given the absence of liver and kidney functional alterations, the patient is scheduled to continue pharmacological treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
Cattedra di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Ospedali Riuniti Umberto, Italy. l.depalma@univpm.it
Luigi
L
De Palma
Mario
M
Marinelli
Matteo
M
Pavan
Ester
E
Manso
Renzo
R
Ranaldi
D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D000415:Albania; D000583:Amikacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D000583:Amikacin