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Introduction Botryomycosis, from the Greek botryo, meaning “grapes,” is a rare, chronic infection of the skin and viscera. This ancient name for the disease with the use of “mycosis” is actually inappropriate and misleading, because the infection is caused not…

Mycetoma: Eumycetoma and Actinomycetoma

Introduction Clinical Features Mycetoma is a much neglected tropical disease affecting the poorest people of countries in which it is endemic. Mycetoma may be defined as “a pathological process induced by exogenous fungi and actinomycetes producing grains” (Barquisimeto, 1978). If…

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Botryomycoses

Mycetoma: Eumycetoma and Actinomycetoma