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Original Article

Actinomycotic mycetoma due to Streptomyces somaliensis: Report of a case in South Africa

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Pages 316-322 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

The etiology of mycetomas due to aerobic actinomycetes in southern Africa is still not well understood. Martin and Berson (1973) have suggested that trauma plays an important initial part in this and several other subcutaneous mycotic infections but adequate documentation is often sadly lacking. The following case report is the first known for southern Africa in which Streptomyces somaliensis has been shown by culture and by histology to be the causal organism, and one of the few where the history is well known.

Resume

L'étiologie des mycétomes d'Afrique du Sud dus aux actinomycétes aérobies n'est pas encore bien comprise. Martin & Berson (1973) ont suggéré qu'un traumatisme doit jouer un rôle important dans l'étape initiale de ces mycétomes mais aussi d'autres infections mycosiques sous-cutanées; une documentation adéquate fait souvent défaut, malheureusement. Le cas de mycétome rapporté dans ce travail est le premier connu pour l'Afrique du Sud dans lequel Streptomyces somaliensis a été démontré par culture et par l'histologie comme étant l'agent causal c'est aussi un des rares où les antécédents sont bien connus.

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