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Mycetoma in a non-endemic area: a diagnostic challenge

BACKGROUND: Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease caused by filamentous bacteria or by fungi. The disease is endemic in certain tropical and subtropical areas of the world but can be found elsewhere posing sometimes a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. CASE PRESENTATION: A 65-year...

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Autores principales: Efared, Boubacar, Tahiri, Layla, Boubacar, Marou Soumana, Atsam-Ebang, Gabrielle, Hammas, Nawal, Hinde, El Fatemi, Chbani, Laila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5288886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28167862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12907-017-0040-5