Updated Review on Nocardia Species: 2006–2021

RM Traxler, ME Bell, B Lasker, B Headd… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
This review serves as an update to the previous Nocardia review by Brown-Elliott et al.
published in 2006 (BA Brown-Elliott, JM Brown, PS Conville, and RJ Wallace. Jr., Clin …

The global distribution of actinomycetoma and eumycetoma

D Emery, DW Denning - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Mycetoma, a chronic infection of the skin and underlying structures, affects
those with a close relationship to the land, often in resource-poor areas of the world …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of climate change on fungal diseases with cutaneous manifestations: A report from the International Society of Dermatology Climate Change …

A Gadre, W Enbiale, LK Andersen, SJ Coates - The Journal of Climate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change affects all aspects of ecosystems, including humans and numerous
microorganisms. Fungi are especially sensitive to climate extremes. Persistently warmer …

A holistic approach to the mycetoma management

SM Bakhiet, AH Fahal, AM Musa… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Mycetoma, one of the badly neglected tropical diseases, it is a localised chronic
granulomatous inflammatory disease characterised by painless subcutaneous mass and …

Mycetoma: development of diagnosis and treatment

X Hao, M Cognetti, R Burch-Smith, EOS Mejia, G Mirkin - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mycetoma describes a heterogeneous group of cutaneous and subcutaneous infections
caused by either fungi (eumycetomas) or bacteria (actinomycetomas). It is characterized by …

The diagnosis of fungal neglected tropical diseases (fungal NTDs) and the role of investigation and laboratory tests: an expert consensus report

R Hay, DW Denning, A Bonifaz… - Tropical medicine and …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The diagnosis of fungal Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) is primarily based on initial
visual recognition of a suspected case followed by confirmatory laboratory testing, which is …

Sarocladium and Acremonium infections: New faces of an old opportunistic fungus

A Pérez‐Cantero, J Guarro - Mycoses, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The genera Acremonium and Sarocladium comprise a high diversity of
morphologically and genetically related fungi generally found in the environment, although a …

The accuracy of histopathological and cytopathological techniques in the identification of the mycetoma causative agents

EE Siddig, NA Mhmoud, SM Bakhiet… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Mycetoma is a devastating neglected tropical disease, caused by various fungal and
bacterial pathogens. Correct diagnosis to the species level is mandatory for proper …

The disabling consequences of Mycetoma

M Abbas, PS Scolding, AA Yosif… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Mycetoma is a neglected tropical disease endemic in tropical and subtropical countries,
particularly Sudan. The disease is characterised by the triad of painless subcutaneous …

[HTML][HTML] The developed molecular biological identification tools for mycetoma causative agents: An update

EE Siddig, A Verbon, S Bakhiet, AH Fahal… - Acta Tropica, 2022 - Elsevier
Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous inflammatory disease that is caused either by bacteria
or fungi. Bacterial mycetoma (actinomycetoma) can be caused by various causative agents …