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Mycetoma associated with Acremonium falciforme infection
Author(s) -
McCormack Joseph C.,
McIntyre Peter B.,
Tilse Martyn H.,
Ellis David H.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1987.tb133355.x
Subject(s) - acremonium , mycetoma , fungus , foot (prosody) , medicine , dermatology , biology , art , botany , literature
A patient from Vanuatu with a mycetoma of the foot of 25 years' duration is described. Culture of a biopsy specimen from the foot grew a fungus which was identified as Acremonium falciforme. This agent has not been described previously in association with mycetomas in the Pacific region.