Hogade Sumati, Metgud S C
Department of Microbiology, J. N. Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
J Lab Physicians. 2011 Jan;3(1):43-5. doi: 10.4103/0974-2727.78564.
Mycetoma is a chronic infection, frequently seen in tropical and sub-tropical countries and is considered as an occupational disease. Nocardia species though it can infect immunocompetent individuals, it most commonly affects immunocompromised patients. A 50-year-old male, farmer presented to our hospital with serosanguineous discharging swelling over the dorsum of right foot. We have isolated Nocardia asteroides from the tissue sample. Speciation of this isolate was carried out based on phenotypic methods. Hereby we report a case of Actinomycetes Mycetoma in an immunocompetent individual.
足菌肿是一种慢性感染，常见于热带和亚热带国家，被视为一种职业病。诺卡菌属虽然可感染免疫功能正常的个体，但最常影响免疫功能低下的患者。一名50岁男性农民因右足背部出现血性浆液性渗出性肿胀前来我院就诊。我们从组织样本中分离出了星形诺卡菌。基于表型方法对该分离株进行了菌种鉴定。在此，我们报告一例免疫功能正常个体的放线菌性足菌肿病例。
