Actinomycetoma

Actinomycetoma is a term for a chronic subcutaneous infection caused by fungi or Actinomyces that affect the skin and connective tissue.^[1] Once pathological analysis and/or culturing is performed and the causal organism is identified, it is more appropriate to use the following terms:

Actinomycosis for the bacterial form
Eumycetoma for the fungal form

References

↑ Viguier, Manuelle; Lafaurie, Matthieu (15 January 2015). "Actinomycetoma". New England Journal of Medicine. 372 (3): 264–264. doi:10.1056/NEJMicm1316013.

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