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Bull Soc Pathol Exot
February 1996
Département de maladies infectieuses tropicales et de Santé publique, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
Fungous mycetoma of the nape of the neck due to Madurella mycetomatis is an unusual localisation (four cases in mondial literature) and severe affection. This reports deals with a case occurred after traumatism. Despite five months of itraconazole and chirurgical treatment, the therapeutic escape was evident.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnn Dermatol Venereol
December 1994
Clinique Dermatologique, Hôpital Le Dantec, Dakar, Sénégal.
Actinomycotic mycetoma is frequent in Senegal and the treatment has changed greatly over the last decades. We observed 27 cases due to Actinomadura pelletieri (n = 21), Actinomadura madurae (n = 5) and Streptomyces somaliensis (n = 1). The diagnosis was based on clinical and histological arguments.
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November 1992
Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Allergiques, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux.
We report two cases of nasosinusal infection caused by Scedosporium apiospermum and involving the nasal fossa in one case and the maxillary sinus in the other. The course of the disease varied according to the patient's immune status. The otherwise healthy patient (case n.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDakar Med
June 1994
Clinique de Neurochirurgie-CHU Fann.
The authors report five cases of mycetomas with an original localization, cranio-encephalic and vertebro medullary. Four times it concerned a dorsal or cervical mycetoma with deep enlargement responsible for compression of the spinal cord. In the 5th case, scalp infection reached the dura mater.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMycetomas of the hand are a rare site of an uncommon disease, particularly in temperate climates. They are non-purulent inflammatory pseudotumours of mycotic origin. They are generally seen in Tropical Africa with a slow course progressing towards a phase of cutaneous fistula formation producing black, white or red grains depending on the fungus responsible.
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