Eumycetoma

The mycetoma ( Madura foot also ) is a chronic Granulationsgeschwulst, which occurs primarily in the tropics.

It is mainly caused by fungi that. In a wound of the skin, for example, by an injury when walking barefoot In this case, it is spoken by a Eumycetoma. Among the pathogens include fungal genera Madurella, Allescheria and Candida. The incubation period is several days to months. Is treated the mycetoma with sulfonamides, cotrimoxazole and streptomycin.

By contrast, if bacteria, for example from the genus Streptomyces, cause of the disease, is spoken by a Actinomycetoma.