Families of sordariomycetes

SSN Maharachchikumbura, KD Hyde, EBG Jones… - Fungal diversity, 2016 - Springer
Sordariomycetes is one of the largest classes of Ascomycota that comprises a highly diverse
range of fungi characterized mainly by perithecial ascomata and inoperculate unitunicate …

Mycetoma: a unique neglected tropical disease

EE Zijlstra, WWJ Van De Sande, O Welsh… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2016 - thelancet.com
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 …

Global burden of human mycetoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

WWJ van de Sande - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Mycetoma is a chronic infectious disease of the subcutaneous tissue with a high morbidity.
This disease has been reported from countries between 30° N and 15° S since 1840 but the …

Mycetoma in the Sudan: an update from the mycetoma research centre, University of Khartoum, Sudan

A Fahal, ELS Mahgoub, AMEL Hassan… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Eumycetoma and actinomycetoma–an update on causative agents, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnostics and therapy

P Nenoff, WWJ Van de Sande, AH Fahal… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Mycetoma is a chronic putrid infection of the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue concerning
predominantly the feet, and more rarely other body parts. Mycetoma can be caused by both …

Mycetoma laboratory diagnosis

AA Ahmed, W van de Sande… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Mycetoma is a unique neglected tropical disease caused by a substantial number of
microorganisms of fungal or bacterial origins. Identification of the causative organism and …

Mycetoma: the spectrum of clinical presentation

AH Fahal, SH Suliman, R Hay - Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2018 - mdpi.com
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 …

Pleurostomophora richardsiae, Neofusicoccum parvum and Phaeoacremonium aleophilum associated with a decline of olives in southern Italy

A Carlucci, ML Raimondo, F Cibelli, AJL Phillips… - Phytopathologia …, 2013 - JSTOR
In a recent survey of olive groves in the Canosa di Puglia, Cerignola and Foggia areas of
southern Italy a serious decline of olive trees was seen. The symptoms comprised a general …

Mycetoma and the environment

AH Fahal, SM Bakhiet - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 - journals.plos.org
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 …

The mycetoma knowledge gap: identification of research priorities

WWJ van de Sande, ES Maghoub… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Mycetoma is a tropical disease which is caused by a taxonomically diverse range of
actinomycetes (actinomycetoma) and fungi (eumycetoma). The disease was only recently …