Mycetoma: A Long Journey from Neglect

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zijlstra, Eduard E ^a   van de Sande, Wendy W J ^b   Fahal, Ahmed H ^c  

^a Rotterdam Centre for Tropical Medicine   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Soba University Hospital   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSRAVUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; RAVUCONAZOLE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MADURELLA MYCETOMATIS; MYCETOMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POINT OF CARE TESTING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ACTINOBACTERIA; DRUG EFFECTS; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; FUNGI; HUMANS; MYCETOMA; NEGLECTED DISEASES;

EID: 84961297813     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004244     Document Type: Editorial

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