Black grain mycetoma caused by Leptosphaeria tompkinsii

Med Mycol. 2011 Feb;49(2):186-9. doi: 10.3109/13693786.2010.524945.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Agriculture
  • Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage
  • Ascomycota / classification
  • Ascomycota / isolation & purification*
  • Debridement
  • Hand / microbiology
  • Hand / pathology
  • Humans
  • Itraconazole / administration & dosage
  • Male
  • Mali
  • Microscopy
  • Mycetoma / diagnosis*
  • Mycetoma / drug therapy
  • Mycetoma / microbiology
  • Mycetoma / surgery
  • Mycology / methods

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Itraconazole