Mycetoma due to<i>Pseudallescheria boydii</i>and co-isolation of<i>Nocardia abscessus</i>in a patient injured in road accident

Abstract

We report the case of a patient who developed a mycetoma after experiencing a road accident. From surgical biopsies Pseudallescheria boydii was isolated. Subsequently, after the infection had been treated with itraconazole, a Gram-positive bacterium, identified as the newly described species Nocardia abscessus, was cultured from wound fluids.