Streptomyces species: A friend or foe? the diagnostic dilemma of cutaneous and mucocutaneous infections
Mycetoma and various invasive forms of the disease are caused by etiological agents like Nocardia, Actinomycetes, and Streptomyces spp. Streptomyces spp. is notable for its production of antibiotics. However, it is also most commonly associated with actinomycetoma, especially Streptomyces somaliensi...
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| author | Archana Keche Gargee Mishra Girish Patil Satyaki Ganguly Swekcha Ranjan |
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| description | Mycetoma and various invasive forms of the disease are caused by etiological agents like Nocardia, Actinomycetes, and Streptomyces spp. Streptomyces spp. is notable for its production of antibiotics. However, it is also most commonly associated with actinomycetoma, especially Streptomyces somaliensis (S. somaliensis), Streptomyces griseus. (S. griseus), S. sudanensis, and S. viridis. We present a series of cases with varied clinical presentations ranging from cutaneous nodules to plunging ranula in which Streptomyces spp have been isolated in culture with further species-level identification using MALDI-TOF. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a8a4498a93014281b0981bb1bf9f57db2025-08-20T03:31:39ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632278-71352025-06-011462565256810.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1405_24Streptomyces species: A friend or foe? the diagnostic dilemma of cutaneous and mucocutaneous infectionsArchana KecheGargee MishraGirish PatilSatyaki GangulySwekcha RanjanMycetoma and various invasive forms of the disease are caused by etiological agents like Nocardia, Actinomycetes, and Streptomyces spp. Streptomyces spp. is notable for its production of antibiotics. However, it is also most commonly associated with actinomycetoma, especially Streptomyces somaliensis (S. somaliensis), Streptomyces griseus. (S. griseus), S. sudanensis, and S. viridis. We present a series of cases with varied clinical presentations ranging from cutaneous nodules to plunging ranula in which Streptomyces spp have been isolated in culture with further species-level identification using MALDI-TOF.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1405_24actinomycetomaculturemaldi-tofstreptomyces spp |
| spellingShingle | Archana Keche Gargee Mishra Girish Patil Satyaki Ganguly Swekcha Ranjan Streptomyces species: A friend or foe? the diagnostic dilemma of cutaneous and mucocutaneous infections Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care actinomycetoma culture maldi-tof streptomyces spp |
| title | Streptomyces species: A friend or foe? the diagnostic dilemma of cutaneous and mucocutaneous infections |
| title_full | Streptomyces species: A friend or foe? the diagnostic dilemma of cutaneous and mucocutaneous infections |
| title_fullStr | Streptomyces species: A friend or foe? the diagnostic dilemma of cutaneous and mucocutaneous infections |
| title_full_unstemmed | Streptomyces species: A friend or foe? the diagnostic dilemma of cutaneous and mucocutaneous infections |
| title_short | Streptomyces species: A friend or foe? the diagnostic dilemma of cutaneous and mucocutaneous infections |
| title_sort | streptomyces species a friend or foe the diagnostic dilemma of cutaneous and mucocutaneous infections |
| topic | actinomycetoma culture maldi-tof streptomyces spp |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1405_24 |
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