A new model for management of mycetoma in the Sudan.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Ahmed Fahal, El Sheikh Mahgoub, Ahmed Mohamed El Hassan, Manar Elsheikh Abdel-Rahman, Yassir Alshambaty, Ahmed Hashim, Ali Hago, Eduard E Zijlstra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Kap
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003271; https://doaj.org/article/542d8a1a855a41129ac9ae3977d117ea

Patients with mycetoma usually present late with advanced disease, which is attributed to lack of medical and health facilities in endemic areas, poor health education and low socio-economic status. With this background, an integrated patient management model at the village level was designed to add...