Detection of slow growing Actinomadura species proved a key formanagement of mycetoma: A case report from Chhattisgarh

Mycetoma is disorder of subcutaneous tissue, skin, and bones, mainly the feet. Etiologically divided in Eumycetoma and actinomycetoma, since the treatment of both is different, the diagnosis is mandatory. This is the case of 35-year-old lady with swelling in left foot with multiple discharging sinus...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Pratibha, Wankhade, Archana B., Gaikwad, Ujjwala, Das, Padma
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Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7567216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33102362
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_481_20
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Das, Padma
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description Mycetoma is disorder of subcutaneous tissue, skin, and bones, mainly the feet. Etiologically divided in Eumycetoma and actinomycetoma, since the treatment of both is different, the diagnosis is mandatory. This is the case of 35-year-old lady with swelling in left foot with multiple discharging sinuses for 5 years that was none responding to antifungal treatment. Change of treatment after the culture confirmation of Actinomadura species improves patient condition drastically.
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spelling pubmed-75672162020-10-22 Detection of slow growing Actinomadura species proved a key formanagement of mycetoma: A case report from Chhattisgarh Sharma, Pratibha Wankhade, Archana B. Gaikwad, Ujjwala Das, Padma J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Mycetoma is disorder of subcutaneous tissue, skin, and bones, mainly the feet. Etiologically divided in Eumycetoma and actinomycetoma, since the treatment of both is different, the diagnosis is mandatory. This is the case of 35-year-old lady with swelling in left foot with multiple discharging sinuses for 5 years that was none responding to antifungal treatment. Change of treatment after the culture confirmation of Actinomadura species improves patient condition drastically. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7567216/ /pubmed/33102362 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_481_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Detection of slow growing Actinomadura species proved a key formanagement of mycetoma: A case report from Chhattisgarh
title Detection of slow growing Actinomadura species proved a key formanagement of mycetoma: A case report from Chhattisgarh
title_full Detection of slow growing Actinomadura species proved a key formanagement of mycetoma: A case report from Chhattisgarh
title_fullStr Detection of slow growing Actinomadura species proved a key formanagement of mycetoma: A case report from Chhattisgarh
title_full_unstemmed Detection of slow growing Actinomadura species proved a key formanagement of mycetoma: A case report from Chhattisgarh
title_short Detection of slow growing Actinomadura species proved a key formanagement of mycetoma: A case report from Chhattisgarh
title_sort detection of slow growing actinomadura species proved a key formanagement of mycetoma: a case report from chhattisgarh
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_481_20
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