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Isolation of both Sporothrix schenckii and Nocardia asteroides from a mycetoma of the forefoot
Author(s) -
Pelzer K.,
Tietz H.J.,
Sterry W.,
Haas N.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03908.x
Subject(s) - sporothrix schenckii , nocardia , sporotrichosis , mycetoma , sporothrix , itraconazole , lesion , medicine , isolation (microbiology) , dermatology , mycosis , microbiology and biotechnology , nocardia infections , nocardiosis , biology , pathology , surgery , antifungal , bacteria , genetics
Mycetoma is a localized primary subcutaneous infection due to fungi (eumycetoma) or aerobic actinomycetes (actinomycetoma). We report a patient who acquired an implantation infection on the forefoot following a motorcycle accident in Crete. Both Sporothrix schenckii and Nocardia asteroides were isolated simultaneously from the lesion. Under combined therapy with itraconazole and trimethoprim–sulphamethoxazole for 7 months the lesion healed completely. A combination of causative organisms in mycetomas is rare, and the combination of S. schenckii and N. asteroides together has not been reported from one lesion.