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Mycetoma: A common yet unrecognized health burden in central India
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2019 Context: Mycetoma is a chronic suppurative infective disorder of skin, subcutaneous tissue, fascia, and bones caused by the traumatic inoculation of either fungal (eumycotic) or bacterial (actinomycotic) organisms present in the soil.
Gitesh U Sawatkar +5 more
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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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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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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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Disseminated orbital actinomycetoma: A case report
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2010 Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous infection. Lower extremities are commonly involved. A 20-year-old male came with complaints of multiple sinuses on scalp, left eyelid swelling with a sinus and dystopia, since one year. On examination there was relative proptosis in left eye of 2 mm.
Shanbhag Nita +2 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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Clinical Features of Mycetoma and the Appropriate Treatment Options
Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2021 Pooja Agarwal, Ashish Jagati, Santoshdev P Rathod, Kirti Kalra, Shefali Patel, Malay Chaudhari Department of Dermatology, Smt. SCL Hospital, Smt. N.H.L.
Agarwal P +5 more
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