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Detection of slow growing Actinomadura species proved a key formanagement of mycetoma: A case report from Chhattisgarh

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Mycetoma is disorder of subcutaneous tissue, skin, and bones, mainly the feet. Etiologically divided in Eumycetoma and actinomycetoma, since the treatment of both is different, the diagnosis is mandatory.
Pratibha Sharma, Archana B Wankhade, Ujjwala Gaikwad, Padma Das   +3 more
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Review of 21 cases of mycetoma from 1991 to 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
Mycetoma is caused by the subcutaneous inoculation of filamentous fungi or aerobic filamentous bacteria that form grains in the tissue. The purpose of this study is to describe the epidemiologic, clinic, laboratory, and therapeutic characteristics of ...
Felipe Maurício Soeiro Sampaio, Bodo Wanke, Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas, Janice Mery Chicarino de Oliveira Coelho, Maria Clara Gutierrez Galhardo, Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra, Maria Cristina da Silva Lourenço, Rodrigo de Almeida Paes, Antonio Carlos Francesconi do Valle   +8 more
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Fungal Infections of Implantation: More Than Five Years of Cases of Subcutaneous Fungal Infections Seen at the UK Mycology Reference Laboratory

Journal of Fungi, 2022
Subcutaneous fungal infections, which typically result from traumatic introduction (implantation) of fungal elements into the skin or underlying tissues, can present as a range of different clinical entities including phaeohyphomycosis ...
Andrew M. Borman, Mark Fraser, Zoe Patterson, Christopher J. Linton, Michael Palmer, Elizabeth M. Johnson   +5 more
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Clinicopathological analysis of fungal lesions with unique presentations in immunocompetent adults – A case series from a tertiary care hospital in North Karnataka

Journal of the Scientific Society, 2021
Introduction: Fungal infections are mostly an opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients and posttraumatic in immunocompetent adults. However, there has been a recent increasing trend of cases among immunocompetent adults with no history of ...
Meenakshi Masgal, Anuradha G Patil, Debarghya Sutradhar, Anita A Mahanta   +3 more
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Neglected Mycoses in Brazil: A Population‐Based Study of Mortality and In‐Hospital Mortality Over 25 Years

Mycoses, Volume 69, Issue 2, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective To describe the epidemiology, associated factors, spatial distribution, and temporal trends of mortality and in‐hospital mortality related to systemic mycoses in Brazil, 2000–2024. Methods This is a nationwide ecological study combining temporal and spatial analyses using death certificates (DC; underlying and/or associated causes ...
Anderson Fuentes Ferreira, Jorg Heukelbach, Eliana Amorim de Souza, Maria Aparecida Shikanai‐Yasuda, Lisandra Serra Damasceno, Fernanda Dockhorn Costa, Terezinha do Menino Jesus Silva Leitão, Helia Kawa, Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr.   +8 more
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An approach to histology-based diagnosis and treatment of Madura foot

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2012
Madura foot is a deep mycosis commonly seen in tropical and subtropical countries such as India. Its incidence is likely to rise in temperate regions as well, due to the increase in worldwide travel.
Sanjay Singh Chufal, Naveen Chandra Thapliyal, Manoj Kumar Gupta   +2 more
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Rare Presentation of Kaposi Sarcoma Mimicking Madura Foot: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a low‐grade angioproliferative tumor primarily associated with HIV but also seen in immunocompetent individuals. Its presentation can mimic infectious diseases such as Madura foot (mycetoma), a chronic granulomatous infection endemic to tropical regions.
Jeminah Nyeenya Nakatudde, Rockie Kisekka, Solomon Kibudde   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amphotericin B intercalated in layered clays as effective antifungal systems against eumycetoma causative agents.

International journal of pharmaceutics
Eumycetoma and other subcutaneous mycosis are severe chronic infections with a high incidence in tropical and subtropical regions, whose current treatment has a low curation rate.
A. Misol, Esther Sáez, M. Colom, M. Darder, Pilar Aranda   +4 more
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Repositioning Antimicrobial Peptides Against WHO‐Priority Fungi

Advanced Science, Volume 12, Issue 37, October 6, 2025.
The growing burden of drug‐resistant fungal infections, driven by pathogens such as Candida auris, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Aspergillus fumigatus, underscores the urgent need for novel antifungal therapies. This review explores antimicrobial peptides as promising agents with membrane‐disruptive activity, immunomodulatory properties, and delivery ...
Cesar Augusto Roque‐Borda, Kaila Petronila Medina‐Alarcón, João Paulo Soler Gonçalves Pereira, Thais Cristina dos Anjos Sevilhano, Brigitte Aguilar‐Morón, Fernando Díaz‐Cárdenas, Lucas Silva da Cruz, Francisco Humberto Xavier‐Júnior, Eduardo Festozo Vicente, João Perdigão, Beatriz G. de la Torre, Fernando Albericio, Fernando Rogério Pavan   +12 more
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Environmental detection of eumycetoma pathogens using multiplex real-time PCR for soil DNA in Sennar State, Sudan

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2023
Background Mycetoma is a chronic disease affecting the skin and subcutaneous tissue endemic in the tropical and subtropical regions. Several bacteria and fungi can cause mycetoma, but fungal mycetoma (eumycetoma) is challenging because the treatment ...
Hiroki Hashizume, Suguru Taga, Masayuki K. Sakata, M. Hussein, E. Siddig, T. Minamoto, A. Fahal, Satoshi Kaneko   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source