A painful thorn in the foot: A case of eumycetoma

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-144

  Rouphael, Nadine G ^a   Talati, Naasha J ^a   Franco Paredes, Carlos ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Eumycetoma; Maduromycosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; SULFUR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHEMA; EUMYCETOMA; FOOT PAIN; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION; SWELLING; WOUND;

ADULT; FOOT DERMATOSES; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; MADUROMYCOSIS; MALE;

EID: 34547907050     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31812dfd70     Document Type: Article

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