Mycetoma is a chronic, subcutaneous infection that causes local tissue destruction, leading to deformity, disability, and social stigma. Safe and effective treatments for mycetoma are urgently needed; ...

Histopathology helped in 9 cases to establish a diagnosis ... which is a novel fungal species associated with mycetoma (Fig. 2). Both patients were residents of the Eastern part of province Sindh, a ...

Mycetoma, more properly called fungus ball, expands within the confines of an immunocompetent, nonatopic host sinus and does not invade or penetrate the sinus mucosa. Aspergillus is the primary ...