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Subcutaneous pseudomycetoma of the knee caused by Acremonium species in a diabetic male: A case report

Published:2023-11 Issue:11 Volume:12 Page:2959-2962
ISSN:2249-4863
Container-title:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
language:en
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Author:

Vaidya Viplov V.¹,Chandrakar Sagar²,Kumbhar Nitin S.²,Jorule Kailash M.³,Raushan Kumar⁴,Sane Nikhil S.⁵,Arora Sohini²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India

2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India

3. Department of Orthopaedics, Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India

4. Department of General Surgery, Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India

5. Department of Radiology, Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

A subcutaneous infection in the form of pseudomycetoma is rare. Acremonium species are rarely considered to be pathogenic in subcutaneous infections due to their ubiquitous nature. We report a case of subcutaneous pseudomycetoma over the dorsolateral aspect of the left knee caused by Acremonium species in a 55-year-old diabetic male who was treated successfully with oral itraconazole.

Publisher

Medknow

Subject

General Materials Science

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