Molecular detection and identification of agents of eumycetoma: detailed report of two cases.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on December 01, 2003

Authors

Abdalla O A Ahmed1, Nicole Desplaces, Philippe Leonard, Fred Goldstein, Sybren De Hoog, Henri Verbrugh, Alex van Belkum

Author Affiliations

1: Mycetoma Research Group, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.

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