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THE FIRST REPORTED CASE OF MYCETOMA CAUSED BY STREPTOMYCES SOMALIENSIS IN MALAYSIA
Author(s) -
Soo Hoo T. S.,
David C. V.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1982.tb00608.x
Subject(s) - kuala lumpur , medicine , library science , traditional medicine , family medicine , computer science , business , marketing
The patient, a 64-year-Qld Indian woman, was involved in a road accident six years ago. She sustained severe injury to the lateral aspect of the right leg. Six months ago there was swelling over the right knee and thigh vvith breakdown and multiple sites of pus discharge (Fig. 1). She was not able to walk because of pain in the right knee. The knee was swollen with synovial thickening and a fixed flexion deformity of 30° with no movement possible because of pain. There was involvement of the right knee joint, cystic lesions in the condylcs of the femur and (ibia. Sulphur granules were seen extruding from the sinuses.