mycetoma , auch: mycetomata

Mycetoma has a worldwide distribution but this is extremely uneven.

The further course of the sinuses differs according to the mycetoma present.

It is found in what is known as the mycetoma belt stretching between the latitudes of 15 south and 30 north.

Radiology can help distinguish between podoconiosis and mycetoma if the diagnosis is questionable.

There is no vaccine for mycetoma.

Mycetoma is difficult to treat.

Swelling and formation of sinus tracts characterize mycetoma.

Some species cause disease in man and animals, causing mycetoma, onychomycosis, and hyalohyphomycosis.

The geographical distribution of the individual mycetoma organism shows considerable variations, which can be convincingly explained on an environmental basis.

Areas where mycetoma prevails are relatively arid zones with a short rainy season with a relative humidity.

Podoconiosis is usually asymmetrically bilateral, whereas filariasis and mycetoma are usually unilateral.

It mainly affects the foot; and Mycetoma pedis is also known as Madura foot.

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The differential diagnosis for podoconiosis includes other causes of tropical lymphedema, such as filariasis or leprosy, and mycetoma pedis.

An aspergilloma, also known as a mycetoma or fungus ball, is a clump of fungus which exists in a body cavity such as the lung.

Many species of Acremonium are recognized as opportunistic pathogens of man and animals, causing mycetoma, onychomycosis, and hyalohyphomycosis.

Additionally, the edema of podoconiosis is typically more striking and extends more proximally than the edema of mycetoma.

Scientists at such institutions as The Mycetoma Research Center, the University of Khartoum in Sudan are working on a cure.

Aspergillosis Aspergillosis precipitin Pulmonary aspergilloma (mycetoma)

Diagnosis of mycetoma is usually accomplished by radiology, ultrasound or by fine needle aspiration of the fluid within an afflicted area of the body.

The Mycetoma Research Centre is a medical research center dedicated to finding a cure for the disease mycetoma.

Mycetoma infection, Madura foot or maduromycosis, was originally described in Sanskrit in the Vedic texts from India.

The anatomic structure of its lesion is similar to that of actinomycosis and mycetoma, and its granules resemble the sulfur granules of actinomycosis.

The bacterial mycetoma species Nocardia (including Nocardia asteroides and Nocardia brasiliensis) produces yellow discharge, and Streptomyces (including Streptomcyes somaliensis) produce yellow or red discharge.