Streptomyces bacteremia in a patient with actinomycotic mycetoma | Zendy

Noyal Mariya Joseph | Zendy; Belgode Narasimha Harish | Zendy; Sujatha Sistla | Zendy; Devinder Mohan Thappa | Zendy; Subhash Chandra Parija | Zendy

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Streptomyces bacteremia in a patient with actinomycotic mycetoma

Author(s) -

Noyal Mariya Joseph,

Belgode Narasimha Harish,

Sujatha Sistla,

Devinder Mohan Thappa,

Subhash Chandra Parija

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.645

Subject(s) - actinomycosis , mycetoma , bacteremia , scalp , medicine , trimethoprim , penicillin , antibiotics , actinomyces , blood culture , microbiology and biotechnology , dermatology , pathology , biology , bacteria , genetics

A 29-year-old woman presented with multiple painful swelling with discharging sinuses over the scalp. Histopathological examination of the biopsy tissue was suggestive of actinomycotic mycetoma. Streptomyces spp. was isolated from blood culture. The patient was successfully treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and crystalline penicillin. This case is reported because of the rare occurrence of bacteremia by Streptomyces spp. secondary to subcutaneous actinomycotic mycetoma. Moreover, an interesting association between successive two pregnancies and occurrence of mycetoma of the scalp was observed in this case.

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