Molecular Detection and Identification of Agents of Eumycetoma: Detailed Report of Two Cases

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2003 Dec 10

PMID 14662990

Citations 18

Authors

Abdalla O A Ahmed

Nicole Desplaces

Philippe Leonard

Fred Goldstein

Sybren de Hoog

Henri Verbrugh

Alex van Belkum

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Abstract

We describe two cases of eumycetoma in the legs. The infections could not be adequately diagnosed by classical mycology, but the causative agents were successfully identified as Madurella mycetomatis by species-specific PCR and DNA sequencing.

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