| Literature DB >> 3587337 |
L C Severo, V F Petrillo, L M Coutinho.
Abstract
We report a case of mycetoma caused by Rhodococcus in a 62-year-old man who presented with multiple draining sinuses of the left foot. Biopsy specimen showed granulomatous reaction and microabcesses contained granules. These granules were composed by rod and coccoid Gram-positive and partially acid-fast elements. Culture grew a 'Nocardia-like organism', confirmed at the Center for Disease Control as Rhodococcus spp.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3587337 DOI: 10.1007/bf00437647
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mycopathologia ISSN: 0301-486X Impact factor: 2.574