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Table 5 Level of health care facilities and possible diagnostic approach for mycetoma

From: Mycetoma: a clinical dilemma in resource limited settings

Facility

Method of diagnosis

Field

Clinical

Peripheral

Clinical, microscopy, radiology (X-ray)

District

Clinical, microscopy, radiology (X-ray, ultrasound)

Tertiary and referral centres

Clinical, microscopy, radiology (X-ray, ultrasound, MRI, CT), culture, histology, serology, molecular (PCR, LAMP)

  1. MRI magnetic resonance imaging, CT computed tomography, PCR polymerase chain reaction, LAMP loop-mediated isothermal amplification
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

ISSN: 1476-0711

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