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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017 Introduction. Actinomycosis is a chronic bacterial infection caused by Actinomyces, Gram‐positive anaerobic bacteria. Its symptomatology imitates some malignant pelvic tumours, tuberculosis, or nocardiosis, causing abscesses and fistulas. Actinomycoses are opportunistic infections and require normal mucous barriers to be altered.
Alejandra García-García +4 more
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Actinomycetoma in SE Asia: the first case from Laos and a review of the literature
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2012 Background Mycetoma is a chronic, localized, slowly progressing infection of the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues caused either by fungi (eumycetoma or implantation mycosis) or by aerobic actinomycetes (actinomycetoma).
Rattanavong Sayaphet +11 more
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Prodigiosin-like Pigments from Actinomadura (Nocardia) pelletieri and Actinomadura madurae [PDF]
Applied Microbiology, 1969 Thirteen red strains of Actinomadura (Nocardia) pelletieri and three of A. madurae were shown to produce prodigiosin-like pigments. Both of the two major pigments which were observed on thin-layer chromatograms had
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Skin Mycetoma in an 11-Year-Old African Boy: Case Presentation with Emphasis on Histopathological Features and Differential Diagnosis [PDF]
, 2021 Mycetoma is an uncommon, chronic infective disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, characterized by the triad of tumefaction, draining sinuses, and the presence in the exudate of colonial grains.
Anna Colagrande +11 more
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Keratinocyte infection by Actinomadura madurae triggers an inflammatory response
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019 Actinomycetoma is a syndrome of the skin characterized by chronic inflammation and lesions with nodular grain-like structures. The most common aetiological agents are Nocardia brasiliensis and Actinomadura madurae. In response to infection with these organisms the body produces an inflammatory immune response in the skin.
Alfonso Santiago-Téllez +7 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017 Background Pulmonary nocardiosis mimic pulmonary tuberculosis in most clinical and radiological manifestations. In Tanzania, where tuberculosis is one of the major public health threat clinical impact of nocardiosis as the cause of the human disease ...
Abubakar S. Hoza +3 more
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Estudios in vivo e in vitro de la sensibilidad de actinomadura madurae frente a diversos antimicrobianos de reciente desarrollo [PDF]
, 2004 Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Microbiología Médica) UANLUANLhttp://www.uanl ...
Ochoa Félix, Elsa Yamín
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Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2015 It is popularly believed that eumycetoma cases should be dealt with using surgical amputation for a better chance of cure especially when chemotherapy has failed. However, amputation leads to disability on one hand and on the other it may also fail to be
Prasanta K Maiti +3 more
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Phylogenetic Findings Suggest Possible New Habitat and Routes of Infection of Human Eumyctoma [PDF]
, 2013 Eumycetoma is a traumatic fungal infection in tropical and subtropical areas that may lead to severe disability. Madurella mycetomatis is one of the prevalent etiologic agents in arid Northeastern Africa.
Ahmed, S.A. (Sarah Abdalla) +10 more
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Numerical classification of actinomadura and nocardiopsis [PDF]
, 1985 RESP ...
Athalye, M. +3 more
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