Abstract
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.
Acknowledgments
The authors are grateful to Jeanne Gauthey, Khadidja Kherallah and Hakima Louati for assistance in reviewing the manuscript.
Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.