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A study of case management challenge for black grain eumycetoma during the ongoing war in Sudan

Clinical Case Reports
Key Clinical Message This case highlights the significant challenges in the diagnosis and management of eumycetoma, particularly in regions like Sudan, where socioeconomic factors and ongoing conflict severely impact patient care.
Emmanuel Edwar Siddig, Imadeldin E. Aradaib, Ayman Ahmed   +2 more
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Ibrexafungerp prolongs survival and reduces the eumycetoma grain size in Galleria mellonella infection models of two different causative agents of eumycetoma. [PDF]

J Antimicrob Chemother
Objectives 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. Recently, ibrexafungerp, a novel
Ma J, Eadie K, Konings M, Fahal A, Verbon A, van de Sande WWJ.   +5 more
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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 Dis
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, Siddig E, Eadie K, Minlekib CP, Faye M, Sow D, Fahal A, Verbon A, van de Sande W.   +8 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, Sunarso Suyoso, Linda Astari, Yuri Widia, Sylvia Anggraeni, Evy Ervianti   +5 more
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Eumycetoma Medical Treatment: Past, Current Practice, Latest Advances and Perspectives

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, Ayman Ahmed, Yousif Ali, Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet, Nouh Saad Mohamed, Eiman Siddig Ahmed, Ahmed Hassan Fahal   +6 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, Rami Elsiddig Abdelkhalig, Elwasila Hamid, Ayman Ahmed, Emmanuel Edwar Siddig   +4 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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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., Fahal, Ahmed H., Nyaoke, Borna A., Nyuykonge, Bertrand, Siddig, Emmanuel E., van de Sande, Wendy W.J., Verbon, Annelies, Zijlstra, Eduard E.   +7 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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Advanced eumycetoma with intracranial extension in three Sudanese patients: a case series and review of the literature. [PDF]

J Med Case Rep
Eumycetoma is an endemic chronic granulomatous infection in tropical and subtropical regions, including Sudan. This case series presents three Sudanese patients with intracranial mycetoma (27-year-old female from Central Sudan, 20-year-old male from ...
Saadeldein MS, Gismalla MDA, Alnkhly MYA.   +2 more
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