منابع مشابه
Mycetoma
A 32-year-old woman from northeastern Brazil worked in farming and presented with a 6-year history of progressive swelling of the left foot. Swelling and sinuses draining purulent discharge with white grains ( Figure 1 ) were present. Potassium hydroxide preparation of drainage showed whiteyellowish nodules with fine filaments. Culture of the grains on Sabouraud agar and the casein hydrolysis t...
متن کاملMycetoma
Mycetoma is a chronic infective condition of tropical and subtropical regions. It is commoner in males, especially those in their third or fourth decade who work on the land. The clinical triad of subcutaneous nodule, sinuses and discharge usually leads to diagnosis; the disease is commonly painless. Treatment is by extensive surgical excision of affected areas and may include limb amputation. ...
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Mycetoma is an uncommon chronic granulomatous infective disease of the skin, dermis and subcutaneous tissues predominantly seen in tropical countries. A patient presented to our hospital with the swelling of the left foot with a healed sinus and a painful nodule. He gave a history of sinuses in the left foot from which there was discharge of yellow granules. Culture of the ultrasound guided fin...
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It is still challenging and difficult to treat patients with eumycetoma; the current treatment has many side effects and has proven to be expensive and characterized by high recurrence rate, hence the poor patients' treatment compliance. Most of the patients are of low socio-economic status, have many financial constraints and hence, many of them rely on alternative and herbal medicine for the ...
متن کاملMycetoma Foot
Mycetoma is a chronic progressive granulomatous infection characterized by a painless swelling, development of sinuses that discharge pus and grains of different colors. It will ultimately involve bone that shows cavities in a plain x-ray. It is important to determine whether the cause is bacterial (Actinomycetoma) or fungal (Eumycetoma) because the former is treated by antibiotics and the latt...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Dermatology Online Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2229-5178
DOI: 10.4103/2229-5178.185489