actinomycetoma

{{short description|Bacterial infection of the skin}}

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Actinomycetoma is a chronic bacterial subcutaneous infection caused by Actinomyces that affect the skin and connective tissue.{{cite journal|last1=Viguier|first1=Manuelle|last2=Lafaurie|first2=Matthieu|title=Actinomycetoma|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|date=15 January 2015|volume=372|issue=3|pages=264|doi=10.1056/NEJMicm1316013|pmid=25587950}} It is, therefore, a form of actinomycosis.{{Cite journal| issn = 2326-6929| volume = 99| issue = 2| pages = –11–E15| last1 = Arenas| first1 = Roberto| last2 = Fernandez Martinez| first2 = Ramón F.| last3 = Torres-Guerrero| first3 = Edoardo| last4 = Garcia| first4 = Carlos| title = Actinomycetoma: an update on diagnosis and treatment| journal = Cutis| date = 2017| pmid = 28319638}} Mycetoma is a broad term which includes actinomycetoma and eumycetoma under it. However, eumycetoma is caused by fungal infection in contrast to actinomycetoma that is caused by mostly anaerobic bacteria.{{cite web | last=Yadlapati | first=Sujitha | last2=Sathe | first2=Nishad C. | last3=Chaudhari | first3=Soham P. | title=Eumycetoma | publisher=StatPearls Publishing | date=2024-03-07 | pmid=34662025 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK574511/ | access-date=2024-07-03}}