{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(7)"],"submitter":["Ahmed EA"],"pubmed_abstract":["Eumycetoma (mycotic mycetoma) is the fungal form of mycetoma, a subcutaneous infection occurring in individuals living in endemic areas of the disease. The Sudan is hyperendemic for mycetoma, with the highest incidence being reported from Gezira State, Central Sudan. The present study was conducted at the Gezira Mycetoma Center and aimed to determine the cause of black-grain eumycetoma in the state and describe its epidemiology. Black-grain specimens were collected during the surgical operation and direct detection of the causative agent was performed using M. mycetomatis species-specific PCR and ITS PCR followed by sequencing. Black-grain was reported from 93.3% of all confirmed mycetoma cases (n = 111/119), with a prevalence in young males. Of the 91 samples subjected to direct PCR, 90.1"],"journal":["PLoS neglected tropical diseases"],"pagination":["e0008420"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7419006"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["The genus Madurella: Molecular identification and epidemiology in Sudan."],"pmcid":["PMC7419006"],"pubmed_authors":["Mahmoud M","Daffalla M","Hamid S","Ahmed EA","Abakar AD","Desnos-Ollivier M","de Hoog S","Nour BYM","Ahmed SA","Altayb HN","Mohamadani AA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The genus Madurella: Molecular identification and epidemiology in Sudan.","description":"Eumycetoma (mycotic mycetoma) is the fungal form of mycetoma, a subcutaneous infection occurring in individuals living in endemic areas of the disease. The Sudan is hyperendemic for mycetoma, with the highest incidence being reported from Gezira State, Central Sudan. The present study was conducted at the Gezira Mycetoma Center and aimed to determine the cause of black-grain eumycetoma in the state and describe its epidemiology. Black-grain specimens were collected during the surgical operation and direct detection of the causative agent was performed using M. mycetomatis species-specific PCR and ITS PCR followed by sequencing. Black-grain was reported from 93.3% of all confirmed mycetoma cases (n = 111/119), with a prevalence in young males. Of the 91 samples subjected to direct PCR, 90.1","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Jul","modification":"2025-04-05T11:01:03.608Z","creation":"2020-08-24T07:07:46Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7419006","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32730340"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pntd.0008420"]}}