Two simultaneous mycetomas caused by Fusarium verticillioides and Madurella mycetomatis
Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous disease, classified into eumycetoma caused by fungi and actinomycetoma due to aerobic filamentous actinomycetes. Mycetoma can be found in geographic areas near the Tropic of Cancer. Mexico is one of the countries in which actinomycetoma is endemic. We report an ex...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Instituto de Medicina Tropical (IMT) |
| Repositorio: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/140690 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/140690 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mycetoma Eumycetoma Madurella mycetomatis Fusarium verticillioides |
| Sumario: | Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous disease, classified into eumycetoma caused by fungi and actinomycetoma due to aerobic filamentous actinomycetes. Mycetoma can be found in geographic areas near the Tropic of Cancer. Mexico is one of the countries in which actinomycetoma is endemic. We report an extraordinary case of an adult male with double eumycetoma caused by Madurella mycetomatis and Fusarium verticillioides on both feet. |
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