Mycetoma of the foot caused by Cylindrocarpon lichenicola in an immunocompetent traveler

J Travel Med. 2004 Sep-Oct;11(5):331-2. doi: 10.2310/7060.2004.19110.

Abstract

Cylindrocarpon is a cosmopolitan soil fungus, which rarely causes human disease. It has infrequently been reported as causing keratitis, mycetoma, osteomyelitis and peritonitis in chronic peritoneal ambulatory dialysis patients and disseminated infection in leukemic neutropenic hosts. This report describes a case of invasive infection caused by Cylindrocarpon lichenicola, localized in the right foot of an otherwise immunocompetent traveler.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Foot Dermatoses* / microbiology
  • Foot Dermatoses* / therapy
  • Humans
  • Hypocreales*
  • Immunocompetence
  • Indonesia
  • Israel
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myanmar
  • Mycetoma* / microbiology
  • Mycetoma* / therapy
  • Travel*