Author(s): Trindade Torres, M ; Sousa Nunes, B ; Varandas, L ; Maltez, F
Date: 2023
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/4907
Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, EPE
Subject(s): Actinomycetales*; Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use; Guinea-Bissau; Humans; Male; Mycetoma* / diagnosis; Mycetoma* / drug therapy; Mycetoma* / microbiology; Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use; HCC INF; HDE INF PED
Mycetoma is caused by the subcutaneous inoculation of filamentous fungi or aerobic filamentous bacteria. Cellulosimicrobium cellulans is a gram-positive bacterium from the order Actinomycetales that rarely causes human disease. The diagnosis is based on the clinical presentation and identification of the causative microorganism. We present a short literature review regarding the case report of a young man diagnosed with actinomycetoma due to Cellulosimicrobium cellulans and who received treatment with an association of amikacin and sulfamethoxazole/ trimethoprim (Welsh regimen).
