Ibrexafungerp prolongs survival and reduces the eumycetoma grain size in Galleria mellonella infection models of two different causative agents of eumycetoma. [PDF]
J Antimicrob ChemotherOBJECTIVES: Eumycetoma is a neglected tropical fungal disease of the subcutaneous tissue that is currently not treatable with medication only. Standard itraconazole therapy is combined with surgical excision of the lesion.
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The development of a multiplex recombinase polymerase amplification reaction to detect the most common causative agents of eumycetoma. [PDF]
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect DisPURPOSE: Mycetoma is a neglected tropical disease that affects the subcutaneous tissue. The disease can be caused by over 90 different pathogens, including both bacteria (actinomycetoma) and fungi (eumycetoma).
Konings M +8 more
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Eumycetoma Medical Treatment: Past, Current Practice, Latest Advances and Perspectives [PDF]
Microbiology Research, 2021 Mycetoma is a neglected tropical disease that is associated with poor communities and socioeconomically impaired individuals in the tropical and sub-tropical areas.
Emmanuel Edwar Siddig +6 more
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The Mycetoma Knowledge Gap: Identification of Research Priorities [PDF]
, 2014 Mycetoma is a tropical disease which is caused by a taxonomically diverse range of actinomycetes (actinomycetoma) and fungi (eumycetoma). The disease was only recently listed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a neglected tropical disease (NTD ...
Fahal, Ahmed Hassan +6 more
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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases, 2021 Eumycetoma in the maxillofacial region is a rare entity and long-term disease-causing osteomyelitis may possess a diagnostic challenge. We present a case of a 27-year female with painless swelling on the right cheek and right lower third of the face for ...
Ankita Chugh +5 more
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Recurrent abdominal wall mass in a hepatitis B‐positive male: An unusual case of lumbar mycetoma
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key Clinical Message Atypical presentations of eumycetoma can pose a challenge in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Healthcare providers thorough in their differential diagnosis and investigations, even in the absence of classic symptoms, in ...
Alaa Tajeldeen Habeeb Abdallah +4 more
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Management of Eumycetoma [PDF]
Berkala Ilmu Kesehatan Kulit dan Kelamin (Periodical of Dermatology and Venerology), 2020 Background: Mycetoma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin that can extend to the fascia, tendons, muscles, and bones. Caused by a bacterium called actinomycetoma and a fungus called eumycetoma are responsible for mycetoma, both of which must be ...
Tjokorde Istri Nyndia Vaniari +5 more
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Encapsulated eumycetoma caused by Biatriospora mackinnonii
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2022 Eumycetoma is a chronic infection due to filamentous fungi. Herein, we report a case of eumycetoma presenting as a subcutaneous encapsulated lesion on the right leg with no previous traumatic implantation.
Daniela Arteaga +5 more
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Eumycetoma Osteomyelitis of the Calcaneus in a Child: A Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation following Total Calcanectomy [PDF]
Case Reports in Pathology, 2015 Fungi are unusual causes of pedal osteomyelitis in children and adolescents. Eumycetoma is a chronic cutaneous and subcutaneous infection caused by various genera of fungi.
Tamer Ahmed EL-Sobky +2 more
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Using (1,3)-β-D-glucan concentrations in serum to monitor the response of azole therapy in patients with eumycetoma caused by Madurella mycetomatis [PDF]
Mycoses, Volume 67, Issue 1, January 2024., 2023 Introduction: (1,3)-β-D-glucan is a panfungal biomarker secreted by many fungi, including Madurella mycetomatis, the main causative agent of eumycetoma.
Bakhiet, Sahar M. +7 more
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