Two simultaneous mycetomas caused by Fusarium verticillioides and Madurella mycetomatis

Abstract

ABSTRACT Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous disease, classified into eumycetoma caused by fungi and actinomycetoma due to aerobic filamentous actinomycetes. Mycetoma can be found in geographic areas near the Tropic of Cancer. Mexico is one of the countries in which actinomycetoma is endemic. We report an extraordinary case of an adult male with double eumycetoma caused by Madurella mycetomatis and Fusarium verticillioides on both feet.

Keywords

• Mycetoma
• Eumycetoma
• Madurella mycetomatis
• Fusarium verticillioides