Madura foot

Introduction: Madura foot

Description of Madura foot

Madura foot (medical condition): Any of a group of infections caused by actinomycetes (bacterial) or a...more »

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Mycetoma:
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Madura foot: A tropical fungal foot infection that causes progressive destruction.

Madura foot: A disease caused by various fungi (Madurella mycetomi) or actinomycetes (Nocardia brasiliensis). It usually affects the foot, hand, and legs with tissues becoming necrosed and swollen after infection.
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Madura foot: Related Topics

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• Foot disease
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• Mycetoma (9 causes)

Madura foot as a Disease

Madura foot: Another name for Mycetoma (or close medical condition association).
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Madura foot: Related Diseases

Madura foot: Madura foot is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Fungal infections
• Foot conditions
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• Skin conditions

Causes of Madura foot

Some of the causes of Madura foot are included in the list below:

• Cladophialophora
• Scedosporiosis
• Madurella mycetomi
• Nocardia
• Streptomyces somaliensis

See full list of 7 causes of Madura foot (Mycetoma)

Symptoms of Madura foot (Mycetoma)

Some of the symptoms of Madura foot incude:

• Slow spreading skin infection
• Local swelling
• Pus on skin
• Small hard painless nodules
• Ulceration

See full list of 12 symptoms of Madura foot (Mycetoma)

Treatments for Madura foot (Mycetoma)

Treatments for Madura foot (Mycetoma) include:

• Antifungals
• Antibiotics
• Treatment of any secondary infections
• Amputation - in severe cases
• Streptomycin injection, Dapsopne, Rifampicin, Minocycline, Amikacin, Oral cotrimoxasole, Itraconazole, Ketoconazole, surgery

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Treatment of Madura foot: For more treatment information about Madura foot, see treatment of Mycetoma (Madura foot)

Madura foot: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Madura foot:

• maduromycosis
• Madura foot
• actinomycetoma
• eumycetoma
• bacterial mycetoma
• fungal mycetoma
• actinomycetes
• pulmonary mycetoma
• mycetoma grain
• Pseudallescheria boydii
• P boydii
• Actinomadura madurae
• A madurae
• Actinomadura pelletieri
• A pelletieri
• Streptomyces somaliensis
• S somaliensis
• Nocardia

Terms associated with Madura foot:

Terms Similar to Madura foot:

• Maduromycosis
• Mycetoma
• Eumycetoma
• Eumycotic mycetoma

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External links related to: Madura foot

• eMedicine - Eumycetoma (Fungal Mycetoma) : Article by George W Turiansky, MD
• Mycetoma. DermNet NZ
• eMedicine - Mycetoma : Article by Oliverio Welsh, MD, DSc
• DermAtlas: Online Dermatology Image Library dermatology image,mycetoma,fungal infection, deep,Madura foot,fungal infection, deep,lymphedema,fungal infection, deep,fungal infection, deep,fungal infection, deep,fungal infection, deep,fungal infection,
• eMedicine - Mycetoma : Article by Basilio J Anía, MD.
• Mycetoma

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