Acremonium Recifei as an Agent of Mycetoma in India

Grace Koshi Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Mycology Division and Pathology Division, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Vellore 632004, South India

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A. A. Padhye Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Mycology Division and Pathology Division, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Vellore 632004, South India

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L. Ajello Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Mycology Division and Pathology Division, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Vellore 632004, South India

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F. W. Chandler Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Mycology Division and Pathology Division, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Vellore 632004, South India

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1979.28.692
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Volume 28: Issue 4
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692–696
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Acremonium recifei was identified as the causal agent in a case of white grain eumycotic mycetoma of the hand which occurred in South India. The identification was based on the structure of the granules in tissue and on the morphological characteristics of the culture obtained from the granules. This case represents the first documented instance in which A. recifei has been found outside of Latin America.

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Copyright © 1979 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1979
Accepted:
23 Dec 1978
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Published Online:
Jul 1979
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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