Black grain mycetoma caused by Leptosphaeria tompkinsii

H Machmachi (1) , N. Godineau (1) , M. Develoux (2) , S. Bretagne (3) , A. Bazeli (1) , D. Amsellem (1) , M. Desnos-Ollivier (4) , J.B. Poirat (1)

1 Hôpital Delafontaine
2 CHU Tenon [AP-HP]
3 Hôpital Henri Mondor
4 CNRMA - Centre National de Référence Mycologie et Antifongiques-Mycologie Moléculaire

Leptosphaeria tompkinsii is a dematiaceous fungus which is rarely reported as an agent of black-grain mycetoma. We present a case involving a mycetoma of the hand of a former farmer from Mali, West Africa, who has been a resident in France for 27 years. The patient was successfully treated with surgery and the use of oral itraconazole for 6 months. Species identification was based on sexual reproductive structures observed on potato-carrot agar media and the use of internal transcribed spacer sequencing.

Keywords: Africa; Mali; black grains mycetoma; ascomycetes; Leptosphaeria tompkinsii

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Mycology

H Machmachi, N. Godineau, M. Develoux, S. Bretagne, A. Bazeli, et al.. Black grain mycetoma caused by Leptosphaeria tompkinsii. Medical Mycology, 2011, 49 (2), pp.186-189. ⟨10.3109/13693786.2010.524945⟩. ⟨pasteur-02195031⟩