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Mycetoma in a non-endemic area: a diagnostic challenge

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Clinical Pathology, February 2017
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  • Above-average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (53rd percentile)

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Title
Mycetoma in a non-endemic area: a diagnostic challenge
Published in
BMC Clinical Pathology, February 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12907-017-0040-5
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Authors

Boubacar Efared, Layla Tahiri, Marou Soumana Boubacar, Gabrielle Atsam-Ebang, Nawal Hammas, El Fatemi Hinde, Laila Chbani

Abstract

Mycetoma is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease caused by filamentous bacteria or by fungi. The disease is endemic in certain tropical and subtropical areas of the world but can be found elsewhere posing sometimes a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. A 65-year- old man presented with a right foot swelling evolving for 25 years. During that time, several diagnosis and treatments have been made without any improvement. The disease spread to bones, and misdiagnosed as Kaposi's sarcoma. Transtibial amputation has been performed, and the histopathological examination revealed finally the diagnosis of eumycotic mycetoma. The patient recovered well after surgery and orthopedic prosthesis was prescribed for him. Mycetoma in non endemic areas is usually misdiagnosed and mismanaged leading to unnecessary and inappropriate surgery. Health practitioners should be aware of that fact in order to provide an accurate management.

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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 31 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Portugal 1 3%
Unknown 30 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 26%
Student > Bachelor 4 13%
Other 3 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 10%
Student > Master 3 10%
Other 4 13%
Unknown 6 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 15 48%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 13%
Mathematics 1 3%
Arts and Humanities 1 3%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 3%
Other 3 10%
Unknown 6 19%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 May 2021.
All research outputs
#7,523,962
of 22,961,203 outputs
Outputs from BMC Clinical Pathology
#33
of 117 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#143,996
of 420,349 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Clinical Pathology
#1
of 2 outputs
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