|
|||||
|
|
A case of eumycetoma due to Madurella grisea in northern Brazil |
|
| Authors: | Raquel Vilela Olga M. V. Duarte Carlos A. Rosa Joao G. F. Castro Sandra Lyon Roberta L. Motta Ana C. L. Moura |
| Affiliation: | (1) Hospital Eduardo Menezes, Belo Horizonte, Rua Itamogi APT31, Bairro Floresta, CEP-31110-250 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil;(2) Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
| Abstract: | A case of mycetoma caused by the black fungus Madurella grisea in northern Brazil is reported. The lesion was located on the patient’s right foot without bone involvement. Clinical samples were collected by opening the fistules with a scalp and the grains removed for microbiological and histopathological analyses. Although mycetoma caused by M. grisea has been previously reported in Brazil, this is the first time that of this fungus has been identify in this particular region of the country. |
| Keywords: | antifungal chemotherapy black grains eumycetoma Madurella grisea |
| 本文献已被 PubMed SpringerLink 等数据库收录！ | |