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Streptomyces bacteremia in a patient with actinomycotic mycetoma
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010 A 29-year-old woman presented with multiple painful swelling with discharging sinuses over the scalp. Histopathological examination of the biopsy tissue was suggestive of actinomycotic mycetoma. Streptomyces spp. was isolated from blood culture.
Noyal Mariya Joseph +4 more
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Mycetoma mimicking sexually transmitted infection
Journal of Integrated Health Sciences, 2015 This report is of an atypical case of mycetoma at unusual site simulating sexually transmitted infection. Most lesions described in literature are on the foot and lower legs while our patient had lesions at perineum and thigh.
Lakhani Som, F E Billimoria
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 BackgroundMycetoma is a neglected, chronic, localized, progressively destructive, granulomatous infection caused either by fungi (eumycetoma) or by aerobic actinomycetes (actinomycetoma).
Inthanomchanh Vongphoumy +6 more
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Mycetoma: A report of 8 cases at tertiary care hospital in Central India with review of literature
Chronic Diseases JournalBACKGROUND: Mycetoma is introduced as a rare neglected disease in tropical areas. It is a chronic, localized, slowly progressive infectious granulomatous disease of soft tissue.
Bharat U. Patil +4 more
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BMC Microbiology, 2020 Production of antibiotics to inhibit competitors affects soil microbial community composition and contributes to disease suppression. In this work, we characterized whether Streptomyces bacteria, prolific antibiotics producers, inhibit a soil borne human
M. Hamid +7 more
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Nocardiosis: Updated Clinical Review and Experience at a Tertiary Center [PDF]
, 2018 : Nocardiosis is a rare opportunistic disease that affects mainly patients with deficient cell-mediated immunity, such as those with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or transplant recipients.
Ambrosioni, J., Garbino, J., Lew, D.
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PLoS ONE, 2020 Background Mycetoma is a chronic, granulomatous infection of subcutaneous tissue, that may involve deep structures and bone. It can be caused by bacteria (actinomycetoma) or fungi (eumycetoma). There is an epidemiological association between mycetoma and
J. A. Cárdenas-de la Garza +7 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019 Background: This is a retrospective, analytic observational study where we describe cases of sporotrichosis and mycetoma from Acapulco General Hospital and Community Dermatology Mexico C.A. over 25 years.
Roberto Estrada-Castañón +2 more
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Cutaneous Pyogranulomas Associated with Nocardia jiangxiensis in a Cat from the Eastern Caribbean
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2019 Nocardia spp. are worldwide, ubiquitous zoonotic bacteria that have the ability to infect humans as well as domestic animals. Herein, we present a case of a five-year-old female spayed domestic shorthair cat (from the island of Nevis) with a history of a
Adam Silkworth +3 more
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