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Actinomycetoma



Actinomycetoma
Classification & external resources
ICD-10 B47.1
ICD-9 039

Actinomycetoma is a mycetomal disease affecting the skin and connective tissue. Mycetomas have two forms: actinomycetoma is the bacterial form, while eumycetoma is caused by fungi.

It is researched by the Mycetoma Research Center, which is part of The University of Khartoum, located in Khartoum, Sudan.

Treatment

One proposed treatment protocol involves gentamicin, cotrimoxazole, and doxycycline.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ramam M, Bhat R, Garg T, et al (2007). "A modified two-step treatment for actinomycetoma". Indian journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology 73 (4): 235–9. PMID 17675730.


v • d • e
Mycoses (B35-B49, 110-118)
Tinea: DermatophytosisTinea barbae - Tinea capitis - Tinea corporis (Ringworm) - Tinea cruris - Tinea manuum - Tinea pedis (Athlete's foot) - Tinea unguium/Onychomycosis
Tinea: Other superficial mycosesTinea versicolor - Tinea nigra - White piedra
Dimorphic fungiCoccidioidomycosis - Histoplasmosis - Blastomycosis - Paracoccidioidomycosis - Sporotrichosis
OtherCandidiasis (Oral candidiasis) - Chromoblastomycosis - Aspergillosis - Cryptococcosis - Phycomycosis/Mucormycosis - Mycetoma (Eumycetoma, Maduromycosis, Actinomycetoma) - Lobo's disease - Pneumocystis pneumonia
 
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