Mycetoma by Nocardia asteroides: a 9 year folow-up Micetoma por Nocardia asteroides: acompanhamento de 9 anos

An extensive and severe actinomycetoma by Nocardia asteroides, a rare etiologic agent of this infection in Brazil, observed during a 9 year follow-up is reported. Unsuitable social and financial conditions led to amputation as the only possible solution for this case, no signs of infection relapse h...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Giani de Oliveira Saraça, Loan Towersey, Roderick James Hay, Alberto Thomaz Londero, Eunice de Castro Soares Martins, Alberto Torres Amora, Kátia Maria Pereira Nunes Reis, Ana Maria Nunes Mendonça, Rogerio Ribeiro Estrella
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1993
Subjects:
Nocardia asteroides mycetoma
Nocardia infections
Actinomycetoma
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651993000200013
https://doaj.org/article/8bd4f1b67283408f91ecf35816ed827b
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Summary:An extensive and severe actinomycetoma by Nocardia asteroides, a rare etiologic agent of this infection in Brazil, observed during a 9 year follow-up is reported. Unsuitable social and financial conditions led to amputation as the only possible solution for this case, no signs of infection relapse having been observed in three years after his surgery. É relatado um caso de micetoma actinomicótico por Nocardia asteroides, raro agente desta infecção no Brasil, acompanhado ao longo de 9 anos de evolução, com lesões extensas e profundas. As precárias condições sócio-econômicas do paciente tornaram a amputação a única solução viável para este caso, não tendo sido observados sinais de reci-diva da infecção em três anos após a cirurgia.

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