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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2003, p. 5813-5816, Vol. 41, No. 12
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5813-5816.2003
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Molecular Detection and Identification of Agents of Eumycetoma: Detailed Report of Two Cases

Mycetoma Research Group, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan,¹ Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam,² Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS), Utrecht, The Netherlands,⁶ Department of Microbiology,³ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Croix Saint Simon Hospital,⁴ Department of Microbiology, Saint Joseph Hospital, Paris, France⁵

Received 17 June 2003/ Returned for modification 7 August 2003/ Accepted 22 August 2003

We describe two cases of eumycetoma in the legs. The infections could not be adequately diagnosed by classical mycology, but the causative agents were successfully identified as Madurella mycetomatis by species-specific PCR and DNA sequencing.

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