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Madura's foot: report of a case caused by Madurella mycetomatis Volume 10, numéro 8, December 2000

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Instituto di Anatomia Patologica, Università degli Studi di Ancona, Nuovo Ospedale Regionale, Via Conca, 1, 60100 Torrette di Ancona, Ancona, Italy.
  • Page(s) : 627-9
  • Année de parution : 2000

Mycetoma is a skin located, slow growing infection, clinically characterized by a thick and swollen lesion with sinuses draining a purulent exudate containing granules. Frequently encountered in tropical countries, this infection is exceptional in our latitudes and only a few cases have been reported [1-3]. Etiologically two different groups of microrganisms are involved: i) bacteria belonging to the group of Actinomyces (microaerofila, [...]