Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Mycetoma
MICROBIOLOGY
- Mycetoma is a nonspecific term describing a chronic infectious process caused by bacteria (actinomycetoma) or fungi (eumycetoma).
- Eumycetoma: caused by various 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: March 17, 2024
Citation
Auwaerter, Paul G. "Mycetoma." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2024. 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; 2024. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540359/all/Mycetoma. Accessed November 4, 2025.
Auwaerter, P. G. (2024). Mycetoma. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. 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; 2024. [cited 2025 November 04]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540359/all/Mycetoma.
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