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Table 1 Summary of reports of Mycetoma in Southeast Asia

From: Actinomycetoma in SE Asia: the first case from Laos and a review of the literature

Country

Year

Patients

Diagnosis

Organism1

Reference

Singapore

1967

1

Histology

Monosporium apiospermum

[23]

Malaysia

1968

1

Histology and culture

Phialophora jeanselmei

[24]

 

1969

1

Histology

Madurella mycetomi

[25]

 

1982

1

Histology and culture

Streptomyces somaliensis

[26]

Philippines

1960

1

Culture

Madurella grisea

[27]

 

1965

1

Histology and culture

Madurella grisea

[28]

Indonesia

1938

1

Culture

Madurella tropicana

[29]

 

1978

14

NA2

NA

[30]

Cambodia

1963

1

Histology and culture

Pyrenochaeta romeroi

[31]

 

1965

1

Grains and radiography

Madura mycetes

[32]

Thailand

1981

17

Histology and culture

Nocardia asteroides (6 cases); N. caviae (2 cases); N. brasiliensis (2 cases); N. rosatii (1 case); Madurella mycetomii (3 cases); A. boydii (1 case); P. jeanselmei (1 case) and Strep. madurae (1 case).

[33]

 

1994-1997

14

Histology and culture

Only one case was confirmed by culture as Cladosporium carrionii

[34]

Vietnam

1973

1

Culture

Nocardia otitidiscaviarum

[35]

  1. NOTES
  2. 1. The nomenclature used in the original publications has been retained. In several cases this was a presumptive identification based on histology alone.
  3. 2. NA: not available.