Close up of mycetoma on the left foot of a young male patient.


Close up of mycetoma on the left foot of a young male patient. Mycetoma is an uncommon disease found in the tropics. It is a chronic, localised infection of the skin and underlying tissues characterised by the formation of several abscesses (collections of pus) and granulomas (collections of epitheloid histiocyte cells produced in an immunologi


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Keywords: actinomycetes, actinomycetoma, bacteria, broken, chronic, disease, diseases, eumycetes, eumycetoma, foot, fungal, fungi, fungus, granuloma, granulomatous, inflammatory, leg, mycetoma, progressive, skin, soft, tissue, tropical