Objective: To evaluate the ability of Actinomadura madurae(A. madurae) and Nocardia asteroids(N. asteroides), using Candida albicans(C. albicans) as prototypic control, to elicit the activation and IL-1β secretion of...
Objective: To present the histopathological and clinical correlation of mycetoma among patients attending King Abdulaziz University Hospital between 1998-2013.Methods: The data of all histopathologically diagnosed myc...
Actinomycetoma is a chronic subcutaneous lesion caused by the pathogenic bacterium Nocardia (N.) brasiliensis. Yeast antigens of Candida (C.) albicans increase the interferon (IFN)-γ and TCD4+ cells levels that enhan...
Actinomycetoma syndrome by Actinomadura (A.) madurae is characterized by a subcutaneous chronic lesion that affects fascia, muscle and bone. A. madurae produces colonies that form grains of less than 1 mm in diameter....
Mycetoma is a chronic, granulomatous, progressive inflammatory disease;it usually involves the subcutaneous tissue after a traumatic inoculation of the causative organism. Mycetoma may be caused by true fungi or bacte...