Mycetoma due to Pseudallescheria boydii and co-isolation of Nocardia abscessus in a patient injured in road accident.
R Horré, G Schumacher, G Marklein, H Stratmann, E Wardelmann, S Gilges, G S De Hoog, K P Schaal
Institute for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Bonn, 53105 Bonn, Germany. regine.horre@gmx.de
Medical mycology : official publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology 2002 OctWe 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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R Horré, G Schumacher, G Marklein, H Stratmann, E Wardelmann, S Gilges, G S De Hoog, K P Schaal. Mycetoma due to Pseudallescheria boydii and co-isolation of Nocardia abscessus in a patient injured in road accident. Medical mycology : official publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. 2002 Oct;40(5):525-7
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