Chaetomium atrobrunneum causing human eumycetoma: The first report.

• Main Authors: Najwa A Mhmoud (Author), Antonella Santona (Author), Maura Fiamma (Author), Emmanuel Edwar Siddig (Author), Massimo Deligios (Author), Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet (Author), Salvatore Rubino (Author), Ahmed Hassan Fahal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In this communication, a case of black grain eumycetoma produced by the fungus C. atrobrunneum is reported. The patient was initially misdiagnosed with M. mycetomatis eumycetoma based on the grains' morphological and cytological features. However, further aerobic culture of the black grains gen...