Mycetoma: A common yet unrecognized health burden in central India

• Main Authors: Gitesh U Sawatkar (Author), Vaishali H Wankhade (Author), Bhagyashree B Supekar (Author), Rajesh Pratap Pratap (Author), Dharitri M Bhat (Author), Supriya S Tankhiwale (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Context: Mycetoma is a chronic suppurative infective disorder of skin, subcutaneous tissue, fascia, and bones caused by the traumatic inoculation of either fungal (eumycotic) or bacterial (actinomycotic) organisms present in the soil. Triad of tumefaction, discharging sinuses, and grains characteriz...