MICROBIOLOGY
- Eumycetoma: caused by a variety of fungi most commonly Madurella spp. including dematiaceous fungi.
- Actinomycetoma: caused by gram positive, filamentous higher bacteria (Actinomyces spp., Nocardia spp.); important to distinguish by culture from eumycetoma to direct appropriate therapy .
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