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Clinical presentation, etiology, and treatment outcomes of mycetoma: A 25-year retrospective study in Southern Thailand. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundMycetoma is a chronic subcutaneous infection caused by fungi (eumycetoma) or filamentous bacteria (actinomycetoma). Although recently recognized by the World Health Organization as a neglected tropical disease, data from Southeast Asia are ...
Sorawit Chittrakarn, Siripen Kanchanasuwan, Nattapat Sangkakul, Nonthanat Tongsengkee   +3 more
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A rare case of Streptomyces fradiae hand actinomycetoma [PDF]

IDCases
Actinomycetoma is a rare, chronic, and progressive bacterial and fungal infection that affects subcutaneous tissues, fascia, and bones. This a case of a 27-year-old Sudanese male, shepherd, with a mycetoma lesion in the right hand caused by Streptomyces ...
Ajithkumar Ittaman, Hamad Abdel Hadi, Azeel Alziddeh, Mohammed Muneer, Mohammad Z. Haider, Muna Al. Maslamani   +5 more
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Right Thumb Mycetoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Summary:. Mycetoma, or maduromycosis, is a chronic granulomatous infection involving the skin, subcutaneous tissues, and bones, most commonly affecting the lower extremities.
Saud A. Alkabbaa, MD, Hala M. Alassaf, MBBs, Khalid Alosaimi, MBBs, Sameh E. Abdelrazek, MSc, Mona A. Alkhotani, MBBs, Afaf Alsolami, MBBs   +5 more
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A Rare Case of Actinomycetoma In Pregnancy: Effective Treatment with the Combination of Amoxicillin-Clavulanic Acid [PDF]

International Journal of Women's Health
Risa Miliawati Nurul Hidayah,1 Hendra Gunawan,1 Reiva Farah Dwiyana,1 Rafithia Anandita,1 Nisa Fauziah,2 Hermin Aminah Usman,3 Sarah Annadya1 1Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran - Dr.
Hidayah RMN, Gunawan H, Dwiyana RF, Anandita R, Fauziah N, Usman HA, Annadya S   +6 more
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ACTINOMYCETOMA OF HAND AND FOOT [PDF]

Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2000
Mycetoma refers to the chronic suppurative pathological process in which exogenous etiological agents generate pus and sulphur like granules. These agents belong to two groups: true fungi and the actinomycetes. Eumycetoma (caused by fungi) and actinomycetoma (caused by actinomycetes) must be distinguished as their treatment is different.
Man Mohan, Harjat, A K, Sharma, J S, Panaych, P K, Menon, B M, Nagpal, Y, Singh   +5 more
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Two simultaneous mycetomas caused by Fusarium verticillioides and Madurella mycetomatis [PDF]

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2017
Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous disease, classified into eumycetoma caused by fungi and actinomycetoma due to aerobic filamentous actinomycetes. Mycetoma can be found in geographic areas near the Tropic of Cancer.
Alexandro Bonifaz, Mariana Saldaña, Javier Araiza, Patricia Mercadillo, Andrés Tirado-Sánchez   +4 more
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Streptomyces species: A friend or foe? the diagnostic dilemma of cutaneous and mucocutaneous infections [PDF]

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Mycetoma and various invasive forms of the disease are caused by etiological agents like Nocardia, Actinomycetes, and Streptomyces spp. Streptomyces spp. is notable for its production of antibiotics.
Archana Keche, Gargee Mishra, Girish Patil, Satyaki Ganguly, Swekcha Ranjan   +4 more
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Actinomycetoma caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum: Report of a case in Taiwan with long-term follow-up

Dermatologica Sinica, 2013
Actinomycetoma is a chronic granulomatous infection, with Nocardia species being one of the infecting pathogens. Infections caused by N. otitidiscaviarum are relatively rare compared with those caused by other Nocardia species.
Min-Hui Chi, Rosaline Chung-Yee Hui, Chin-Fang Lu, Li-Cheng Yang, Shu-Ying Li   +4 more
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Linezolid and Meropenem for Nocardia otitidiscaviarum Actinomycetoma, India [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Treatment of actinomycotic mycetoma with joint involvement is challenging. We present a patient in India with actinomycotic mycetoma who reached complete cure and remission after linezolid and meropenem treatment with a 2-year posttreatment follow-up ...
Kabir Sardana, Savitha Sharath, Soumya Sachdeva, Shukla Das, Gargi Rai, Praveen Kumar Singh   +5 more
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Efficacy of DA-7218, a New Oxazolidinone Prodrug, in the Treatment of Experimental Actinomycetoma Produced by Nocardia brasiliensis

Molecules, 2008
Two recently synthesized oxazolidinones: (R)-3-(4-(2-(2-methyltetrazol-5-yl)-pyridin-5-yl)-3-fluorophenyl)-5-hydroxymethyloxazolidin-2-one (DA-7157) and itscorresponding pro-drug (R)-3-(4-(2-(2-methyltetrazol-5-yl)-pyridin-5-yl)-3-fluorophenyl)-2-oxo-5 ...
Nelly Alejandra Espinoza-Gonzalez, Oliverio Welsh, J Ocampo-Candiani   +2 more
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