Review of 21 cases of mycetoma from 1991 to 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• Main Authors: Felipe Maurício Soeiro Sampaio (Author), Bodo Wanke (Author), Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas (Author), Janice Mery Chicarino de Oliveira Coelho (Author), Maria Clara Gutierrez Galhardo (Author), Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra (Author), Maria Cristina da Silva Lourenço (Author), Rodrigo de Almeida Paes (Author), Antonio Carlos Francesconi do Valle (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mycetoma is caused by the subcutaneous inoculation of filamentous fungi or aerobic filamentous bacteria that form grains in the tissue. The purpose of this study is to describe the epidemiologic, clinic, laboratory, and therapeutic characteristics of patients with mycetoma at the Oswaldo Cruz Founda...