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Fever in aspergillus mycetoma.

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Giant Candida mycetoma in an ascending aorta tubular graft.

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We report the case of a 46-year-old male hospitalized for abdominal pain and fever with history of a David procedure followed by an aortic valve replacement due to severe aortic regurgitation. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and computed tomography showed a large mass floating in the aorta.

[Mycetoma-like manifestations in invasive pulmonary aspergillosis].

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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is characterized by radiological signs allowing a correct diagnosis, including differentiation from pulmonary candidiasis, when they are associated with appropriate clinical symptoms (neutropenia and fever persisting despite broad-spectrum antibiotics). In particular

The first Korean case of disseminated mycetoma caused by Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis in a patient on long-term corticosteroid therapy for the treatment of microscopic polyangiitis.

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Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis is predominantly associated with invasive infections in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of disseminated mycetoma caused by N. pseudobrasiliensis in a 57-yr-old woman with microscopic polyangiitis, who was treated for 3 months with corticosteroids. The same

[Mycetoma: attempt at intra-arterial management].

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A 28 year old African student had acquired a mycetoma of his left foot after an injury in 1975. As the surgical and antimycotic therapy had no effect, he was brought to Düsseldorf for the amputation of his foot. Madurella mycetomi was isolated from the skin, pus and bone. Before the amputation was

Scedosporium apiospermum mycetoma with bone involvement successfully treated with voriconazole.

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Treatment of Scedosporium apiospermum mycetoma usually requires limb amputation. A 49-year-old woman, from Ivory Coast, was diagnosed with Madura foot in 1995. She failed to respond to several treatments including itraconazole, fluconazole and co-trimoxazole, and refused limb amputation. In December

Eumycotic mycetoma caused by Pseudallescheria boydii in the abdominal cavity of a dog.

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An abdominal eumycotic mycetoma with multiorgan dissemination was diagnosed in a 2-year-old dog. Clinical signs included fever, vomiting, diarrhea, weight loss, and a palpable abdominal mass. The dog developed disseminated intravascular coagulation and died. Pseudallescheria boydii was isolated from

Eumycotic mycetoma caused by Pseudallescheria boydii in a dog.

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Abdominal eumycotic mycetoma caused by Pseudallescheria boydii was diagnosed in a 3-year-old male Siberian Husky. The dog was examined because of weight loss and signs of depression. Initially, pyrexia was the only clinical finding. Antibiotic and corticosteroid treatment was ineffective. Two weeks

Unusual Presentation of Mycetoma of the Foot: A Rare Case Report.

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BACKGROUND Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous infection. It is caused by actinomycetes or fungi. It is common in tropical countries and males. Predisposing conditions include malnutrition, poor hygiene, history of trauma, wounds on barefeet, and systemic infections. Eumycotic mycetoma commonly

Case report: Eumycetoma and mycotic arthritis of the knee caused by Arthrographis kalrae.

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A 33-year-old male presents following a penetrating injury to his right knee. Clinically he demonstrated pain, an effusion and fevers. At diagnostic arthroscopy, no microbiological growth was cultured. Delayed growth yielded the fungus Arthrographis kalrae. He was treated with a three-stage total

Case 249: Intramuscular Mycetoma.

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History A 21-year-old man presented with swelling of the medial aspect of the left thigh of 1-month duration. There was no history of fever or penetrating injury in the left thigh. The patient had undergone renal transplantation 7 years earlier and had been taking immunosuppressants since

Deep fungal infection in systemic lupus erythematosus - three cases reported, literature reviewed.

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Three patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and deep fungal infection are described. Two patients had disseminated cryptococcal infection and the third disseminated histoplasmosis. Allwere receiving corticosteroids at the time fungal infection developed. One patient with disseminated

[A case of lung scedosporiosis successfully treated with monitoring of plasma voriconazole concentration level].

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A 71-year-old man was referred because of fever and productive cough. His chest radiograph showed a large cavitary mass with an intracavitary mycetoma-like lesion in the left middle lung field. We undertook bronchoscopy and CT-guided biopsy, and both bronchial lavage fluid culture and CT-guided

Pulmonary aspergilloma.

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BACKGROUND Aspergillosis is a serious pathologic condition caused by Aspergillus organisms and is frequently seen in immunocompromised patients. Aspergillus species causes a variety of pulmonary diseases such as saphrophyticus (aspergilloma/mycetoma), hypersensitivity reaction (allergic

Intracranial Fungal Granulomas: A Single Institutional Clinicopathologic Study of 66 Patients and Review of the Literature.

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BACKGROUND Fungal granulomas of the central nervous system are rare and have a high rate of mortality and morbidity, irrespective of treatment. The authors report their experience of managing 66 patients during 15 years and discuss the clinical, radiological, surgical, and pathologic findings. This

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