Mycetoma in West Africa

RO Oladele, F Ly, D Sow, AO Akinkugbe… - Transactions of The …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Mycetoma is a neglected disease, which is socioeconomically important, and
with the possibility of permanent disability in infected persons if not treated early. This is …

An updated list of eumycetoma causative agents and their differences in grain formation and treatment response

WWJ van de Sande, AH Fahal - Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY In 2023, the World Health Organization designated eumycetoma causative
agents as high-priority pathogens on its list of fungal priority pathogens. Despite this …

Mycetoma epidemiology, diagnosis management, and outcome in three hospital centres in Senegal from 2008 to 2018

D Sow, M Ndiaye, L Sarr, MD Kanté, F Ly, P Dioussé… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Mycetoma is a neglected tropical disease caused by various actinomycetes or fungi. The
disease is characterized by the formation of tumor like-swellings and grains. Senegal is an …

Clinical characteristics and treatment of actinomycetoma in northeast Mexico: A case series

JA Cárdenas-de La Garza, O Welsh… - PLoS Neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Mycetoma is a neglected tropical disease characterized by nodules, scars,
abscesses, and fistulae that drain serous or purulent material containing the etiological …

Burden of fungal infections in Senegal

AS Badiane, D Ndiaye, DW Denning - Mycoses, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Senegal has a high rate of tuberculosis and a low HIV seropositivity rate and aspergilloma,
life‐threatening fungal infections, dermatophytosis and mycetoma have been reported in this …

Hand mycetoma: The Mycetoma Research Centre experience and literature review

RF Omer, N Seif EL Din, FA Abdel Rahim… - PLoS Neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Mycetoma is a devastating, neglected tropical disease characterised by extensive tissue
involvement resulting in destruction, deformities and disabilities in the affected patients. The …

Mycetoma spatial geographical distribution in the Eastern Sennar locality, Sennar State, Sudan

ETS Ganawa, MA Bushara, AEA Musa… - Transactions of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Mycetoma is a unique neglected tropical disease caused by a substantial
number of different fungi or bacteria. Many of the disease's epidemiological characteristics …

Mycetoma in the Togolese: an update from a single-center experience

T Darré, B Saka, A Mouhari-Toure, M Tchaou… - Mycopathologia, 2018 - Springer
Background Mycetoma is a chronic inflammatory process caused either by fungi
(eumycetoma) or bacteria (actinomycetoma). In this retrospective study, we report …

Geographical distribution of mycetoma cases in senegal over a period of 18 years

AS Badiane, M Ndiaye, K Diongue, MA Diallo… - Mycoses, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Mycetoma is a pathological process in which fungal or actinomycotic agents of
exogenous origin produce grains. In the absence of data on the global burden, it is important …

Dermatophytic mycetoma of the scalp due to an atypical strain of Microsporum audouinii identified by MALDI-TOF MS and ITS sequencing

K Diongue, A Boye, L Bréchard, MA Diallo… - Journal de Mycologie …, 2019 - Elsevier
Dermatophytic mycetoma of the scalp is a rarity, especially when not associated with tinea
capitis. Here, we report a case of dermatophytic mycetoma of the scalp, that was not …