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 …

Mycetoma: an update

V Relhan, K Mahajan, P Agarwal… - Indian journal of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Mycetoma is a localized chronic, suppurative, and deforming granulomatous infection seen
in tropical and subtropical areas. It is a disorder of subcutaneous tissue, skin and bones …

Mycetoma: experience of 482 cases in a single center in Mexico

A Bonifaz, A Tirado-Sánchez, L Calderón… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Isolated nocardiosis, an unrecognized primary immunodeficiency?

R Martínez-Barricarte - Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nocardiosis is an infectious disease caused by the gram-positive bacterium Nocardia spp.
Although it is commonly accepted that exposure to Nocardia is almost universal, only a small …

Clinical features of mycetoma and the appropriate treatment options

P Agarwal, A Jagati, SP Rathod, K Kalra… - … and Reports in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Mycetoma is a chronic, suppurative and debilitating granulomatous infection seen mainly in
tropical and subtropical areas and is now declared as a neglected tropical disease by the …

MLSA phylogeny and antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical Nocardia isolates: a multicenter retrospective study in China

M Wei, X Xu, J Yang, P Wang, Y Liu, S Wang, C Yang… - BMC microbiology, 2021 - Springer
Background With the increase of detection rate and long treatment period, nocardiosis has
become a noticeable problem in China. However, there are limited large-scale studies on …

The madura foot: looking deep

S Venkatswami… - … Journal of Lower …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
“Mycetoma” means a fungal tumor. Mycetoma is a chronic, granulomatous, subcutaneous
tissue infection caused by both bacteria (actinomycetoma) and fungi (eumycetoma). This …

Update on the epidemiology ofmycetoma in Mexico. A review of 3933 cases

R López-Martínez, LJ Méndez-Tovar… - Gaceta Médica de …, 2013 - medigraphic.com
Mycetoma is one of the most frequent chronic subcutaneous infections in many tropical and
subtropical regions. Objective: To update the epidemiological data of mycetoma cases in …

[PDF][PDF] Actualización de la epidemiología del micetoma en México. Revisión de 3,933 casos

R López-Martínez, LJ Méndez-Tovar, A Bonifaz… - Gac Med Mex, 2013 - anmm.org.mx
El micetoma es una infección subcutánea crónica muy frecuente en regiones tropicales y
subtropicales. Objetivo: Actualizar los datos epidemiológicos de los casos de micetoma en …

Eumycetoma

R Estrada, G Chávez-López, G Estrada-Chávez… - Clinics in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Eumycetoma is caused by different fungi. Madurella mycetomatis, Madurella grisae, and
Scedosporium apiospermum are the most common causative agents. This disease is more …