Black grain mycetoma caused by Leptosphaeria tompkinsii

Leptosphaeria tompkinsii is a dematiaceous fungus which is rarely reported as an agent of black-grain mycetoma. We present a case involving a mycetoma of the hand of a former farmer from Mali, West Africa, who has been a resident in France for 27 years. The patient was successfully treated with surg...

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Published inMedical mycology (Oxford) Vol. 49; no. 2; p. 186
Main Authors Machmachi, H, Godineau, N, Develoux, M, Bretagne, S, Bazeli, A, Amsellem, D, Desnos-Ollivier, M, Poirat, J B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.02.2011
Subjects
Adult
Agriculture
Antifungal Agents - administration & dosage
Ascomycota - classification
Ascomycota - isolation & purification
Debridement
Hand - microbiology
Hand - pathology
Humans
Itraconazole - administration & dosage
Male
Mali
Microscopy
Mycetoma - diagnosis
Mycetoma - drug therapy
Mycetoma - microbiology
Mycetoma - surgery
Mycology - methods
Mali
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Summary:Leptosphaeria tompkinsii is a dematiaceous fungus which is rarely reported as an agent of black-grain mycetoma. We present a case involving a mycetoma of the hand of a former farmer from Mali, West Africa, who has been a resident in France for 27 years. The patient was successfully treated with surgery and the use of oral itraconazole for 6 months. Species identification was based on sexual reproductive structures observed on potato-carrot agar media and the use of internal transcribed spacer sequencing.
ISSN:1460-2709
DOI:10.3109/13693786.2010.524945