Dermatophyte mycetomas: fact of fiction?

Abstract

THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY AN M. CANIS INFECTION OF THE ARM, IN WHICH THE FUNGAL ELEMENTS IN THE DERMIS WERE ORGANIZED INTO GRANULE-LIKE STRUCTU RES, PROMPTED US TO COMPARE OUR HISTOLOGICAL MATERIAL WITH THAT FROM REPORTED CASES OF DERMATOPHYTE AND EUMYCOTIC MYCETOMAS. THE M. CANIS INFECTION WAS IN A 25-YEAR-OLD WHITE WOMAN FROM OHIO WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS. SHE HAD A FLUCTUANT DRAINING ABSCESS ON THE LEFT FOREARM OF 5 MONTHS' DURATION. ON CULTURE THE EXUDATE AND GRANULES FROM THE ABS CESS YIELDED M. CANIS. THE RESULTS OF OUR COMPARATIVE STUDY ARE PRESEN TED IN THIS REPORT