Rare case of Eumycotic mycetoma of foot caused by <i>Bipolaris</i> sp.

Amaravathi Sumanta; D S Shubha; K S Sudhindra; B S Jagadevi; B Saipriya

doi:10.51131/IJPCCR/v2i2.12

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International Journal of Preclinical and Clinical Research

DOI: 10.51131/IJPCCR/v2i2.12

Year: 2021, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 44-45

Case Report

Rare case of Eumycotic mycetoma of foot caused by Bipolaris sp.

Amaravathi Sumanta ^1,*, D S Shubha ¹, K S Sudhindra ¹, B S Jagadevi ¹, B Saipriya ¹

1 Department of Microbiology, Basaveshwara Medical College and Hospital, Chitradurga, Karnataka, 577502, India

*Corresponding author email: [email protected]

Received Date:28 June 2021, Accepted Date:15 July 2021, Published Date:24 July 2021

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

A 60-year-old male patient from rural background near Chitradurga, Karnataka presented to the outpatient department of Dermatology with 2 years history of left plantar swelling. Patient informed that, the swelling slowly increased in size over 2 years, it was painless and not restricted him much from his work as a farmer until the lesion grew more and started to give him troubles. Microbiological testing revealed the presence of fungus Bipolaris sp., which is rarely known to cause Mycetoma. So this case of Eumycotic Mycetoma was successfully treated with Itraconazole for 6 months and swelling reduced significantly with added ability to walk well that helped him to continue his work.

Keywords

Mycetoma, Granules, Itraconazole

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© 2021 Sumanta et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Published By Basaveshwara Medical College & Hospital, Chitradurga, Karnataka.