Imported mycoses : some diagnostic problems W . ST C . SYMMERS

Imported mycoses: some diagnostic problems.

Infections by actinomycetes or by true fungi may cause diagnostic difficulties in countries where they are not familiar. Illustrative cases from a series of 353 instances are given together with rare indigenous examples of the same infections. Early, accurate diagnosis is essential for rational and effective treatment.

Hypogonadism and life-long anosmia.

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Professor W. St. Clair Symmers, M.B

Diagnostic problems with imported cases of mycetoma in The Netherlands.

Eight cases of imported mycetomata in The Netherlands are reviewed. Seven of these were cultured; only one isolate, Actinomadura madurae, belonged to a species commonly known as an agent of mycetoma. The remaining strains either belonged to very rare species, such as Phialophora cyanescens, or could not be identified at all. The list of possible agents of mycetoma apparently needs to be expande...

On the differential diagnosis of thrombotic microangiopathy in endometrial curettings.

In a paper published three years ago on the histological diagnosis of thrombotic purpura during life I reported three cases in which the characteristic thrombotic microangiopathy was present in biopsy material (Symmers, 1956). In one of the cases the vascular lesions were found in the basal stratum of the endometrium and in endocervical fragments in a specimen obtained by curettage: the operati...