Mycetoma Medical Therapy

Medical treatment of mycetoma depends on its fungal or bacterial etiology. Clinically, these entities share similar features that can confuse diagnosis, causing a lack of therapeutic response due to inappropriate treatment. This review evaluates the response to available antimicrobial agents in acti...

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Autores principales: Small, Pamela L. C., Welsh Lozano, Oliverio, Al Abdely, Hail Mater, Salinas Carmona, Mario César, Fahal, Ahmed Hassan
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
Acceso en línea:http://eprints.uanl.mx/15238/1/340.pdf
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author Small, Pamela L. C.
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Salinas Carmona, Mario César
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description Medical treatment of mycetoma depends on its fungal or bacterial etiology. Clinically, these entities share similar features that can confuse diagnosis, causing a lack of therapeutic response due to inappropriate treatment. This review evaluates the response to available antimicrobial agents in actinomycetoma and the current status of antifungal drugs for treatment of eumycetoma.
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spelling eprints-152382025-07-16T16:01:35Z http://eprints.uanl.mx/15238/ Mycetoma Medical Therapy Small, Pamela L. C. Welsh Lozano, Oliverio Al Abdely, Hail Mater Salinas Carmona, Mario César Fahal, Ahmed Hassan Medical treatment of mycetoma depends on its fungal or bacterial etiology. Clinically, these entities share similar features that can confuse diagnosis, causing a lack of therapeutic response due to inappropriate treatment. This review evaluates the response to available antimicrobial agents in actinomycetoma and the current status of antifungal drugs for treatment of eumycetoma. Public Library of Science 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_nc_nd http://eprints.uanl.mx/15238/1/340.pdf http://eprints.uanl.mx/15238/1.haspreviewThumbnailVersion/340.pdf Small, Pamela L. C. y Welsh Lozano, Oliverio y Al Abdely, Hail Mater y Salinas Carmona, Mario César y Fahal, Ahmed Hassan (2014) Mycetoma Medical Therapy. PloS Neglected tropical diseases, 8 (10). e3218. ISSN 1935-2727 http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003218 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003218
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