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 of the hand.
OBJECTIVE To describe the incidence and radiographic signs of hand infection in mycetoma. METHODS A retrospective review was carried out from the radiographic records of 516 confirmed cases of mycetoma seen between January 1994 and October 2002 at the referred outpatient clinic of the Mycetoma Research Center, Soba Teaching Hospital, Khartoum University, Khartoum, Sudan. RESULTS The hands w...
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. ...
متن کاملMycetoma Herbal Treatment: The Mycetoma Research Centre, Sudan Experience
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 کاملHand Mycetoma: The Mycetoma Research Centre Experience and Literature Review
Mycetoma is a devastating, neglected tropical disease characterised by extensive tissue involvement resulting in destruction, deformities and disabilities in the affected patients. The hand is commonly affected by mycetoma thus compromises its functionality and hinder the patient's daily activities of living. In this communication, we report on 533 patients with hand mycetoma managed over a per...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1935-2735
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007019