Mycetoma Medical Therapy

Medical treatment of mycetoma depends on its fungal or bacterial etiology. Clinically, these entities share similar features that can confuse diagnosis, causing a lack of therapeutic response due to inappropriate treatment. This review evaluates the response to available antimicrobial agents in acti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Welsh, Oliverio, Al-Abdely, Hail Mater, Salinas-Carmona, Mario Cesar, Fahal, Ahmed Hassan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4199551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25330342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003218
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Sumario:Medical treatment of mycetoma depends on its fungal or bacterial etiology. Clinically, these entities share similar features that can confuse diagnosis, causing a lack of therapeutic response due to inappropriate treatment. This review evaluates the response to available antimicrobial agents in actinomycetoma and the current status of antifungal drugs for treatment of eumycetoma.

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