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Cases Report • Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 40 (4) • Aug 2007 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822007000400017   copy

Mycetoma fungal infection: multiple organisms as colonizers or pathogens?

Infecção fúngica por micetoma: organismos múltiplos como patógenos ou colonizadores?

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We describe a patient with mycetoma or Madura foot, in which histopathological stains of the bone and surface cultures suggested three different organisms including Nocardia species as the cause. Criteria for the diagnosis of the organisms, differentiation between colonizer and pathogen, and significance of mixed infections are discussed.

Mycetoma; Madura foot; Colonization

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