A Case of Trauma-Induced Falciformispora lignatilis Eumycetoma in a Renal Transplant Recipient.

ABSTRACT: Mycetoma is a chronic, granulomatous, subcutaneous infection caused by several species of fungi and soil-inhabiting bacteria, and is divided into eumycetoma and actinomycetoma, respectively. Endemicity is described with worldwide distribution within the "mycetoma belt"; however, the global burden is ill-defined. Mycetoma is rare in Australia, with only a few published case reports. Over time, the breadth of eumycetoma pathogens has expanded with local epidemiology accounting for variations in regional prevalence. Direct inoculation of pathogens typically heralds the triad of subcutaneous mass, sinus formation and discharging grains. We describe a case of eumycetoma in a 48-year-old male Filipino renal transplant recipient who presented with a painless slow-growing elbow lesion. Ultrasonogr

SUBMITTER: Olenski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8396353 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature