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Mycetoma
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Mycetoma: nonspecific term describing chronic infectious process either due to bacteria (actinomycetoma) or fungi (eumycetoma).
- Eumycetoma: caused by a variety of fungi most commonly Madurella spp., including dematiaceous fungi.
- Actinomycetoma: caused by Gram-positive, filamentous higher bacteria (Actinomyces spp., Nocardia spp.); important to distinguish by culture from eumycetoma to direct appropriate therapy.
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Mycetoma: nonspecific term describing chronic infectious process either due to bacteria (actinomycetoma) or fungi (eumycetoma).
- Eumycetoma: caused by a variety of fungi most commonly Madurella spp., including dematiaceous fungi.
- Actinomycetoma: caused by Gram-positive, filamentous higher bacteria (Actinomyces spp., Nocardia spp.); important to distinguish by culture from eumycetoma to direct appropriate therapy.
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Last updated: August 9, 2019
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Auwaerter, Paul G. "Mycetoma." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2019. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540359/all/Mycetoma.
Auwaerter PG. Mycetoma. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540359/all/Mycetoma. Accessed September 23, 2020.
Auwaerter, P. G. (2019). Mycetoma. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved September 23, 2020, from https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540359/all/Mycetoma
Auwaerter PG. Mycetoma [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. [cited 2020 September 23]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540359/all/Mycetoma.
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