Oral Amoxicillin Clavulanic Acid as Systemic Therapy in a Patient Suspected with Actinomycetoma

Laila Tsaqilah, Lies Marlysa, Risa Miliawati

2018

Abstract

Actinomycetoma is a local chronic granulomatous infectious disease that affects both cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues, and is caused by anaerobic facultative Gram-positive filamentous bacteria of the Actinomycetaceae and Propionibacteriaceae family. Propionibacterium propionicum (family Propionibacteriaceae) and Actinomyces species are very sensitive to beta lactam antibiotics, especially penicillin G or amoxicillin. A rare case of actinomycetoma in a 38-year-old woman was reported. The working diagnosis was based on clinical features and anaerobic bacterial culture from the erythematous papules and nodules of the left arm, left elbow, right hip, and buttocks, as well as shallow ulcers on the left buttocks, and the growth of Propionibacterium propionicum. Based on antibiotic susceptibility test results, the patient was treated with amoxicillin clavulanic acid for 7 days. The size of ulcerative lesion with granulation tissues became smaller. Various antibiotics combination therapy may be given to actinomycetoma, but the combination of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid has significant effect.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Tsaqilah L., Marlysa L. and Miliawati R. (2018). Oral Amoxicillin Clavulanic Acid as Systemic Therapy in a Patient Suspected with Actinomycetoma.In Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD, ISBN 978-989-758-494-7, pages 451-455. DOI: 10.5220/0008159504510455

in Bibtex Style

@conference{rcd18,
author={Laila Tsaqilah and Lies Marlysa and Risa Miliawati},
title={Oral Amoxicillin Clavulanic Acid as Systemic Therapy in a Patient Suspected with Actinomycetoma},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,},
year={2018},
pages={451-455},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008159504510455},
isbn={978-989-758-494-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,
TI - Oral Amoxicillin Clavulanic Acid as Systemic Therapy in a Patient Suspected with Actinomycetoma
SN - 978-989-758-494-7
AU - Tsaqilah L.
AU - Marlysa L.
AU - Miliawati R.
PY - 2018
SP - 451
EP - 455
DO - 10.5220/0008159504510455