Mycetoma due to Aspergillus flavus in a diabetic patient: Case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT: Diabetes mellitus patients are prone to cutaneous and subcutaneous fungal infections due to pathogenic fungi, including dermatophytes, Mucorales, Candida, Aspergillus, and Fusarium species. Here, we report a case of A. flavus mycetoma confirmed by isolation and molecular identification. The case was a 38-year-old male farmer with a seven-year history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, living in Khuzestan, southwest of Iran. The patient presented with a right foot swelling associated with a nodule and multiple discharging sinuses following trauma sustained on the foot while working barefoot on the rice farm, a year ago. The nodule appeared at the site of the trauma two months after the injury. The initial diagnosis was based on direct microscopic examination of lesions

SUBMITTER: Kamali Sarvestani H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9344346 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature