Micetoma por Acremonium
2019
El micetoma es una enfermedad infecciosa cronica que compromete la piel, el tejido celular subcutaneo y el hueso; puede ser producido por bacterias (actinomicetoma) o por hongos (eumicetoma). Predomina en el sexo masculino, en trabajadores rurales de regiones tropicales y subtropicales.Clinicamente se manifiesta como nodulos de evolucion subaguda-cronica que tienden a agruparse y formar placas de consistenciadurolenosa, con trayectos fistulosos que drenan material purulento o serosanguinolento, que contienen granos caracteristicos. Se localiza con mayor frecuencia en los miembros inferiores. El tratamiento de eleccion contra el eumicetoma es el itraconazol, durante 4 a 24 meses.Presentamos el caso de un varon de 23 anos, oriundo del Paraguay,con lesiones en el miembro inferior derecho, que realizo tratamiento con itraconazol, con excelente evolucion.Palabras clave: micetoma, eumicetoma, Acremonium.Dermatol. Argent. 2019, 25 (4): 176-178 Mycetoma due to AcremoniumAbstractMycetoma is a chronic infectious disease that involves the skin, subcutaneous cell tissue and bone. It can be produced by bacteria (actinomycetoma) or by fungi (eumycetoma). It predominantly affects men, rural workers from tropical and subtropical regions.Clinically it manifests itself as of subacute-chronic nodules that tend to get together and form plaques of hard woody consistency, with fistulous paths that drain purulent or serosanguinolent material that contain characteristic grains; that are most often located in lower limbs. The treatment of choice for eumicetoma is itraconazole for 4 to 24 months.We present the case of a 23-year-old male from Paraguay with lesions in the right lower limb, who performed treatment with itraconazole with excellent evolution.Key words: mycetoma, eumycetoma, Acremonium. Dermatol. Argent. 2019, 25 (4): 176-178
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