1992
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651992000400016
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Abstract: São relatados dois casos de micetoma por Actinomadura madurae, atendidos no Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho (UFRJ), em 1990, e no Hospital Universitário Antonio Pedro (UFF), em 1984. Caso 1: paciente masculino, pardo, de 27 anos, iniciou o quadro em 1988, após traumatismo no pé esquerdo, com aumento de volume com nódulos apresentando fistulas drenando secreção e grãos branco-amarelados. A radiografia mostrou lesões líticas nos ossos do tarso e 2º e 3º metatarsianos do pé esquerdo. O exame histopa… Show more

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“…The predominance of eumycetoma in our study might not represent the real scenery of mycetoma in Brazil, as the Brazilian literature reveals a higher frequency of actinomycetoma (Table 4) [12,13,14,15]. The involvement of male individuals above 30 years old with an acral location likely due to increased risk exposure during labour activity without safety equipment is in accordance with mycetoma characteristics [5,16,17].…”
Section: Discussion and Review Of The Literaturementioning
confidence: 52%
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“…The predominance of eumycetoma in our study might not represent the real scenery of mycetoma in Brazil, as the Brazilian literature reveals a higher frequency of actinomycetoma (Table 4) [12,13,14,15]. The involvement of male individuals above 30 years old with an acral location likely due to increased risk exposure during labour activity without safety equipment is in accordance with mycetoma characteristics [5,16,17].…”
Section: Discussion and Review Of The Literaturementioning
confidence: 52%
“…brasiliensis , predominated and in the eumycetoma group, Scedosporium apiospermum . From 1980 to 2014, the main bacterial agents identified in Brazil were Nocardia brasiliensis [15,26,27–32], Nocardia asteroides [15,33], Nocardia caviae [34], Actinomadura madurae [13,35,36], Actinomadura pelletieri [14], and Streptomyces somaliensis [15]. For eumycetoma were Madurella mycetomatis [15,25,37,38], Madurella grisea [39–45], Acremonium falciforme [46], Acremonium kiliense [47], Scedosporium apiospermum [12,18,48,49,50], Fusarium solani [51], Exophiala jeanselmei [44,52,53] and Aspergillus sp.…”
Section: Discussion and Review Of The Literaturementioning
confidence: 99%