Mycetoma: a clinical dilemma in resource limited settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mycetoma is a chronic mutilating disease of the skin and the underlying tissues caused by fungi or bacteria. Although recently included in the list of neglected tropical diseases by the World Health Organization, strategic control and preventive measures are yet to be outlined. Thus, it continues to pose huge public health threat in many tropical and sub-tropical countries. If not detected and managed early, it results into gruesome deformity of the limbs. Its low report and lack of familiarity may predispose patients to misdiagnosis and delayed treatment initiation. More so in situation where diagnostic tools are limited or unavailable, little or no option is left but to clinically diagnose these patients. Therefore, an overview of clinical course of mycetoma, a suggest

SUBMITTER: Emmanuel P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6085652 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature