Mycetoma: experience of 482 cases in a single center in Mexico.

• Main Authors: Alexandro Bonifaz (Author), Andrés Tirado-Sánchez (Author), Luz Calderón (Author), Amado Saúl (Author), Javier Araiza (Author), Marco Hernández (Author), Gloria M González (Author), Rosa María Ponce (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous disease. It is classified into eumycetoma caused by fungi and actinomycetoma due to filamentous actinomycetes. Mycetoma can be found in geographic areas in close proximity to the Tropic of Cancer. Mexico is one of the countries in which this disease is highly ende...