Case report: Actinomycetoma caused by Nocardia aobensis from Lao PDR with favourable outcome after short-term antibiotic treatment.

• Hoofdauteurs: Inthanomchanh Vongphoumy (Auteur), David A B Dance (Auteur), Sabine Dittrich (Auteur), Julie Logan (Auteur), Viengmon Davong (Auteur), Sayaphet Rattanavong (Auteur), Joerg Blessmann (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Mycetoma is a neglected, chronic, localized, progressively destructive, granulomatous infection caused either by fungi (eumycetoma) or by aerobic actinomycetes (actinomycetoma). It is characterized by a triad of painless subcutaneous mass, multiple sinuses and discharge containing grains. Mycetoma c...