Dual infection with mycetoma and tuberculosis: report of two cases

A H Fahal; K A Azziz; S H Saliman; H V Galib; S Mahgoub

Dual infection with mycetoma and tuberculosis: report of two cases

East Afr Med J. 1995 Nov;72(11):749-50.

Authors

A H Fahal¹, K A Azziz, S H Saliman, H V Galib, S Mahgoub

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan.

PMID: 8904072

Abstract

Dual infection with tuberculosis and mycetoma has not been reported in literature to date. This communication is a report on two patients with such infection. It indicates the serious impact of the dual infection as each of them augments the pathological effects of the other.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Mycetoma / complications*
Mycetoma / therapy
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / complications*
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / complications*
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / drug therapy