title: Curvularia lunata: a rare cause of black-grain eumycetoma.
abstract: Curvularia lunata is a dematiaceous fungus that rarely causes cutaneous infections in immunocompetent humans. We describe a case of mycetoma pedis caused by Curvularia lunata in a 50-year-old woman from a rural farming community who had prolonged morbidity due to diagnostic delay. She improved with antifungal therapy, showing a satisfactory clinical response after 12 months of treatment.
authors.affiliation: John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia. Electronic address: roshangun@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gunathilake
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Perera
authors.affiliation: National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sirimanna
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
keywords: Curvularia sp.; Curvularia species; Cutaneous infection; Infection cutanée; Itraconazole; Mycetoma; Mycétome