Fungi often infect mammalian hosts via the respiratory route, but traumatic transcutaneous
implantation is also an important source of infections. Environmental exposure to spores of …

Mycetoma can be caused by bacteria (actinomycetoma) or fungi (eumycetoma) and typically
affects poor communities in remote areas. It is an infection of subcutaneous tissues resulting …

This communication reports on the Mycetoma Research Centre of the University of
Khartoum, Sudan experience on 6,792 patients seen during the period 1991–2014. The …

Medical treatment of mycetoma depends on its fungal or bacterial etiology. Clinically, these
entities share similar features that can confuse diagnosis, causing a lack of therapeutic …

Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous disease. It is classified into eumycetoma caused by
fungi and actinomycetoma due to filamentous actinomycetes. Mycetoma can be found in …

Mycetoma is a chronic infection, newly designated by the World Health Organization (WHO)
as a neglected tropical disease, which is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions. It …

Mycetoma is a chronic, incapacitating, destructive inflammatory disease with many serious
damaging impacts. Currently, there is no control or prevention program as many of its …

Mycetoma, one of the badly neglected tropical diseases, it is a localised chronic
granulomatous inflammatory disease characterised by painless subcutaneous mass and …

Mycetoma is a chronic suppurative disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue,
characterized by a symptomatic triad: tumor, fistulas and grains. It can be caused by fungi …

Patients with mycetoma usually present late with advanced disease, which is attributed to
lack of medical and health facilities in endemic areas, poor health education and low socio …