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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 +6 more
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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Enduring Challenge of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Khartoum State, Sudan. [PDF]
J Trop MedBackground Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) disproportionately affect impoverished populations in tropical regions. Despite their significant health burden, data on NTD prevalence and distribution are limited in many areas, including Khartoum State, Sudan.
Rahamtalla BM.
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022 Mycetoma is a serious chronic subcutaneous granulomatous inflammatory disease that is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions, where it impacts profoundly on patients, families, and communities.
Rowa Hassan +8 more
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Surgical management of eumycetoma: experience from Gezira Mycetoma Center, Sudan
Tropical Medicine and Health, 2019 Background In this study, we share our experience of different operative techniques undertaken on 584 eumycetoma patients in the Gezira Mycetoma Center. Methods This is a retrospective, descriptive, hospital-based study, conducted to review the surgical ...
Mohamed D. A. Gismalla +6 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022 Mycetoma is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions favouring arid areas with low humidity and a short rainy season. Sudan is one of the highly endemic countries for mycetoma.
Rowa Hassan +7 more
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Host genetic susceptibility to mycetoma.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Mycetoma is one of the badly neglected tropical diseases, characterised by subcutaneous painless swelling, multiple sinuses, and discharge containing aggregates of the infecting organism known as grains. Risk factors conferring susceptibility to mycetoma
Rayan S Ali +4 more
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Unusual manifestation of cystic mycetoma lesions: A case report
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key Clinical Message This case presents an atypical cystic presentation of mycetoma without sinuses or discharge. Awareness of these variations is crucial for accurate diagnosis and timely intervention, highlighting the need for healthcare professionals ...
Alaa Tajeldeen Habeeb Abdallah +4 more
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Mycetoma: Development of Diagnosis and Treatment
Journal of Fungi, 2022 Mycetoma describes a heterogeneous group of cutaneous and subcutaneous infections caused by either fungi (eumycetomas) or bacteria (actinomycetomas). It is characterized by a triad of clinical symptoms: painless subcutaneous tumor-like swelling, multiple
Xingpei Hao +4 more
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Pseudoallescheria boydii (Scedosporium apiospermum), cause of mycotic granulomatous osteomyelitis: Case diagnosis [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2005 Fungal bone infections constitute about 0.1-0.2% of all osteomyelitis cases. The disease, mycetoma pedis, most often affects the feet and is also known as madura foot.
Sopta Jelena +5 more
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Case report: Mycetoma caused by Gordonia soli
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2023 Mycetoma is a neglected tropical disease caused by fungi (eumycetoma) or bacteria (actinomycetoma), with high morbidity. Gordonia spp. are gram-positive bacteria that have previously been reported to cause mycetoma.
João César Beenke França +3 more
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