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Association of eumycetoma and schistosomiasis. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
Eumycetoma is a morbid chronic granulomatous subcutaneous fungal disease. Despite high environmental exposure to this fungus in certain regions of the world, only few develop eumycetoma for yet unknown reasons.
Jaap J van Hellemond, Alieke G Vonk, Corné de Vogel, Rob Koelewijn, Norbert Vaessen, Ahmed H Fahal, Alex van Belkum, Wendy W J van de Sande   +7 more
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The First Case of Fusarium falciforme Eumycetoma in Sudan and an Extensive Literature Review about Treatment Worldwide [PDF]

Journal of Fungi, 2023
Eumycetoma is an infectious disease caused by various fungal pathogens. The disease is characterised by black and pale-yellowish grain discharge. In this communication, we report a case of eumycetoma with a pale grain foot-eumycetoma caused by Fusarium ...
Emmanuel Edwar Siddig, Ayman Ahmed, Hala Fathi Eltigani, Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet, Wendy W. J. van de Sande, Ahmed Hassan Fahal   +5 more
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Madurella mycetomatis is highly susceptible to ravuconazole. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
The current treatment of eumycetoma utilizing ketoconazole is unsatisfactory because of high recurrence rates, which often leads to complications and unnecessary amputations, and its comparatively high cost in endemic areas.
Sarah Abdalla Ahmed, Wendy Kloezen, Frederick Duncanson, Ed E Zijlstra, G Sybren de Hoog, Ahmed H Fahal, Wendy W J van de Sande   +6 more
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Eumycetoma: pathogenesis, current treatments, and the search for new drugs [PDF]

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Eumycetoma is a neglected tropical disease which can be caused by 69 different fungal species. In 2024, eumycetoma was listed as a high priority fungal infection on the fungal priority list of the World Health Organization. Eumycetoma is characterized by
Dounia El Yachioui, Tim Baltussen, Wendy W. J. van de Sande   +2 more
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The combination of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and ketoconazole in the treatment of Madurella mycetomatis eumycetoma and Staphylococcus aureus co-infection. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
Eumycetoma is a chronic progressive disabling and destructive inflammatory disease which is commonly caused by the fungus Madurella mycetomatis. It is characterized by the formation of multiple discharging sinuses.
Najwa A Mhmoud, Ahmed Hassan Fahal, El Sheikh Mahgoub, Wendy W J van de Sande   +3 more
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Sandalwood Sesquiterpene (Z)-α-Santalol Exhibits In Vivo Efficacy Against Madurella mycetomatis in Galleria mellonella Larvae [PDF]

Molecules
In continuation of our recent report on the in vitro activity of sandalwood essential oils and their major components, the sesquiterpenes (Z)-α- and -β-santalols, against the pathogenic fungus Madurella mycetomatis, causative agent of the neglected ...
Shereen O. Abd Algaffar, Stephan Seegers, Shaoqin Zhou, Prabodh Satyal, William N. Setzer, Thomas J. Schmidt, Sami A. Khalid   +6 more
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Diagnosis and Management of a Long-Standing Eumycetoma of the Wrist in Somalia: A Case Report in a Resource-Limited Setting [PDF]

International Medical Case Reports Journal
Adam Abdulahi Mohamed,1,2 Shafie Abdulkadir Hassan,3 Mhmoud Mohmed Mhmoud Hassan1 1Center for Mycetoma Research, Mogadishu, Somalia; 2Faculty of Health Sciences, Central University of Science and Technology, Baladweyn, Hiiran, Somalia; 3Faculty of ...
Mohamed AA, Hassan SA, Hassan MMM
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<i>Madurella tropicana</i> and <i>Madurella pseudomycetomatis</i> identified as new causative agents of black grain eumycetoma in Senegal. [PDF]

Med Mycol Case Rep
This study reports Madurella tropicana and Madurella pseudomycetomatis as pathogens causing eumycetoma in Senegal. The dominant species, Madurella mycetomatis, shares morphological features with both.
Faye M, Ndiaye M, Gaye AM, Konings M, Van de Sande W, Sow D.   +5 more
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Identification of Microbial-Based Natural Products as Potential CYP51 Inhibitors for Eumycetoma Treatment: Insights from Molecular Docking, MM-GBSA Calculations, ADMET Analysis, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations [PDF]

Pharmaceuticals
Background/Objectives: Eumycetoma, caused by Madurella mycetomatis, is a chronic fungal infection with limited treatment options and increasing drug resistance.
Tilal Elsaman, Mohamed Khalid Alhaj Awadalla, Malik Suliman Mohamed, Eyman Mohamed Eltayib, Magdi Awadalla Mohamed   +4 more
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Eumycetoma of the Foot in a 70‐Year‐Old Male Farmer [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports
Clinicians should consider eumycetoma, actinomycotic mycetoma, and skin cancers in patients from tropical or subtropical regions who present with painless swelling and discharging sinuses.
Allahdad Khan, Saad Masood, Aseel Kamal
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