Mycetoma caused by<i>Streptomyces somaliensis</i>in North India

Grueber, H.L.E.; Kumar, Tapan

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“…Mycetoma is a chronic, localized, slowly progressive and often painless subcutaneous disease. It usually involves the lower limbs and is characterized by tumefaction, subcutaneous nodules, destructive granulomata, deformity, and discharging sinus tracts with intercommunicating channels that exude pus, often with macroscopically visible granules of various sizes and colors (12,52,70,104,226,293,326,527). Mycetoma is a…”

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The medically important aerobic actinomycetes: epidemiology and microbiology.

McNeil

Brown

1994

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

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The medically important aerobic actinomycetes: epidemiology and microbiology.

McNeil

Brown

1994

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

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“…It usually involves the lower limbs and is characterized by tumefaction, subcutaneous nodules, destructive granulomata, deformity, and discharging sinus tracts with intercommunicating channels that exude pus, often with macroscopically visible granules of various sizes and colors (12,52,70,104,226,293,326,527 (42). These infections most commonly affect patients in rural areas in Third World countries.…”

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The medically important aerobic actinomycetes: epidemiology and microbiology

1994

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The aerobic actinomycetes are soil-inhabiting microorganisms that occur worldwide. In 1888, Nocard first recognized the pathogenic potential of this group of microorganisms. Since then, several aerobic actinomycetes have been a major source of interest for the commercial drug industry and have proved to be extremely useful microorganisms for producing novel antimicrobial agents. They have also been well known as potential veterinary pathogens affecting many different animal species. The medically important aerobic actinomycetes may cause significant morbidity and mortality, in particular in highly susceptible severely immunocompromised patients, including transplant recipients and patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. However, the diagnosis of these infections may be difficult, and effective antimicrobial therapy may be complicated by antimicrobial resistance. The taxonomy of these microorganisms has been problematic. In recent revisions of their classification, new pathogenic species have been recognized. The development of additional and more reliable diagnostic tests and of a standardized method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing and the application of molecular techniques for the diagnosis and subtyping of these microorganisms are needed to better diagnose and treat infected patients and to identify effective control measures for these unusual pathogens. We review the epidemiology and microbiology of the major medically important aerobic actinomycetes.

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Milestones in Medical Mycology in India

Gugnani

2021

Progress in Mycology

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Mycetoma caused byStreptomyces somaliensisin North India

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The medically important aerobic actinomycetes: epidemiology and microbiology.

The medically important aerobic actinomycetes: epidemiology and microbiology.

The medically important aerobic actinomycetes: epidemiology and microbiology

Milestones in Medical Mycology in India

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