Human Mycetoma

Samaila, Modupeola Omotara; Mbibu, HN; Oluwole, Olabode P.

doi:10.1089/sur.2006.052

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“…He suffered from severe damaged edematous skin with multiple bullas and pustules with eryhthema and hyper pigmentation that some of them got necrosis and crust. As it has been reported in similar cases, deep thickening of the skin, resulted from edema, inflammation or infiltration was sensed in palpitation [4,6,29]. He had been diagno ed as a patient with Mycetoma for the last 20 years.…”

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confidence: 71%

“…A secondary bacterial infection may occur in superficial fungal damaged skin such as Tinea Pedis, Pityriasis versicolor and Mycetoma [1][2][3][4][5]. Usually, immune compromised individuals, including diabetics and patients with peripheral arterial disease are suffering from these infections [5][6][7][8].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A fungal infection such as Mycetoma can spread via the bloodstream into different parts of the body causing a variety of symptoms [5][6][7][8]. In therapy resistance patients, efficient treatment of these fungal and bacterial diseases is a challenging task [2,[4][5][6][7][8]. Conservative treatments for fungal and bacterial infections typically involve the oral application drugs that can cause strong side effects and their treatment success is controversial [2,9].…”

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Effects of UV-, Visible-, Near-Infrared Beams in Three Therapy Resistance Case Studies of Fungal Skin infections

Penjweini¹,

Mokmeli²,

Becker³

et al. 2013

OPJ

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Fungal and bacterial diseases, directly infecting various parts of body, have received much attention in recent years. Bacterial infections, such as Tinea Pedis, Pityriasis versicolor and Mycetoma can secondarily occur in superficial fungal damaged skin. They often occur in immune compromised individuals including diabetics and patients with peripheral arterial diseases. Mycetoma infections can travel through the bloodstream affecting different organs. In this paper, we investigate the photo-inactivation of the pathogens causing Tinea Pedis, Pityriasis versicolor, and Mycetoma infections in three therapy resistant patients without photosensitizing drugs. We have used a combination of visible to near-infrared (VIS/NIR) laser beams in association with blue (B), red (R) and ultraviolet (UV) light emitted diodes (LEDs) with incident doses of 0.63-21.43 J/cm 2. These beams have minimum side effects on the normal part of the skin. According to the physicians' assessments, all case study patients achieved an observable progress such as decreases in inflammatory lesions, rapid process of wound healing and scars improvements. Side effects such as inflammation, crusting, or hypopigmentation were not observed. The presented irradiation protocol may be a valuable complementary treatment for patients suffering from fungal and bacterial skin infections.

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confidence: 71%

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confidence: 99%

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Effects of UV-, Visible-, Near-Infrared Beams in Three Therapy Resistance Case Studies of Fungal Skin infections

Penjweini¹,

Mokmeli²,

Becker³

et al. 2013

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“…The duration of infection ranges from 3 to 10 years with an average of 5 years. [ 21 22 ] Its diagnosis could be difficult in the absence of discharging sinuses, but can be achieved with a combination of clinical features, granule color examination, histopathological, immunohistochemical, and radiological studies. [ 22 – 24 ] Microbial culture though useful is often limited by the low viability of the causative fungal elements [Figures 1 and 2 ].…”

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Cutaneous manifestations of deep mycosis: An experience in a tropical pathology laboratory

Samaila

Abdullahi

2011

Indian J Dermatol

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Background:Cutaneous manifestations of deep mycotic infection are fraught with delayed or misdiagnosis from mainly cutaneous neoplastic lesions.Aim:This study is designed to present our experience of these mycoses in a pathology laboratory in the tropics.Materials and Methods:A clinicopathologic analysis of deep mycotic infections was conducted over a 15 years period Formalin fixed and paraffin wax processed biopsies were stained with hematoxylin and eosin, periodic acid Schiff (PAS), and Grocott's methenamine silver (GMS) for the identification of fungus specie. Patients’ bio-data and clinical information were obtained from records.Results:Twenty males and seven females presented with 6 months to 6 years histories of varying symptoms of slow growing facial swellings, nodules, subcutaneous frontal skull swelling, proptosis, nasal blockage, epistaxis, discharging leg sinuses, flank mass, convulsion and pain. Of the 27 patients, four gave antecedent history of trauma, two had recurrent lesions which necessitated maxilectomy, two presented with convulsion without motor dysfunction while one had associated erosion of the small bones of the foot. None of the patients had debilitating illnesses such as diabetes mellitus, tuberculosis, and HIV infection. Tissue histology revealed histoplasmosis (10), mycetoma (9), subcutaneous phycomycosis (6), and phaeohyphomycosis (2).Conclusion:Deep mycoses may present primarily as cutaneous lesions in immunocompetent persons and often elicit distinct histologic inflammatory response characterized by granuloma formation. Diagnosis in resource constraint setting can be achieved with tissue stained with PAS and GMS which identifies implicated fungus. Clinical recognition and adequate knowledge of the pathology of these mycoses may reduce attendant patient morbidity.

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Mycetoma

2017

Diagnostic Pathology: Nonneoplastic Dermatopathology

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Human Mycetoma

Abstract: Mycetoma is a disease with sporadic occurrence in our environment. The presentation and clinical course may be confused with those of many skin diseases. Knowledge of mycetoma pathology is important for prompt diagnosis and treatment of this indolent clinical entity.

Cited by 7 publications

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Effects of UV-, Visible-, Near-Infrared Beams in Three Therapy Resistance Case Studies of Fungal Skin infections

Effects of UV-, Visible-, Near-Infrared Beams in Three Therapy Resistance Case Studies of Fungal Skin infections

Cutaneous manifestations of deep mycosis: An experience in a tropical pathology laboratory

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