ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2020
The genus Madurella: Molecular identification and epidemiology in Sudan.
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- Eumycetoma causative agents: A systematic review to inform the World Health Organization priority list of fungal pathogens.Medical mycology · 2024Pooled it
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- A Draft Genome Assembly for the Neglected Tropical Fungal Disease Pathogen Emarellia grisea and Comparison to Other Pleosporalean Agents Causing Eumycetoma in Humans.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025Article
- An updated list of eumycetoma causative agents and their differences in grain formation and treatment response.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024Review
- Complete Genome Sequence of the Itraconazole Decreased Susceptible Madurella fahalii Type-Strain CBS 129176.Mycopathologia · 2024Article
- Environmental detection of eumycetoma pathogens using multiplex real-time PCR for soil DNA in Sennar State, Sudan.Tropical medicine and health · 2023Article
- Specific and sensitive loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method for Madurella strains, eumycetoma filamentous fungi causative agent.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- A scoping review of mycetoma profile in Egypt: revisiting the global endemicity map.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2023Article
- Epidemiologic Aspects of Mycetoma in Africa.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Canine eumycetoma caused byMedical mycology case reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Eumycetoma (mycotic mycetoma) is the fungal form of mycetoma, a subcutaneous infection occurring in individuals living in endemic areas of the disease. The Sudan is hyperendemic for mycetoma, with the highest incidence being reported from Gezira State, Central Sudan. The present study was conducted at the Gezira Mycetoma Center and aimed to determine the cause of black-grain eumycetoma in the state and describe its epidemiology. Black-grain specimens were collected during the surgical operation and direct detection of the causative agent was performed using M. mycetomatis species-specific PCR and ITS PCR followed by sequencing. Black-grain was reported from 93.3% of all confirmed mycetoma cases (n = 111/119), with a prevalence in young males. Of the 91 samples subjected to direct PCR, 90.1% (n = 82) gave positive results. The predominant species (88.2%) was Madurella mycetomatis. One sample was identified as M. fahalii, one as M. tropicana, and one matched the phytopathogenic species Sphaerulina rhododendricola. The highest endemic zones were Southern Gezira (76.6%) and Northern Sinnar (23.4%). The study confirmed that direct molecular detection on grains provides rapid and specific diagnosis of agents of eumycetoma.
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