title: Detection of (1→3)-β-d-Glucan in Eumycetoma Patients.
abstract: Mycetoma can be caused by bacteria (actinomycetoma) or fungi (eumycetoma). Here, we demonstrated in 45 eumycetoma patients, 30 actinomycetoma patients, and 30 healthy controls that (1→3)-β-d-glucan detection in serum cannot reliably be used to discriminate between the two types of mycetoma.
authors.affiliation: Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
authors.forename: Ahmed H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Fahal
authors.affiliation: Associates of Cape Cod, Inc., East Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Malcolm A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Finkelman
authors.affiliation: Associates of Cape Cod, Inc., East Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Yonglong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: ErasmusMC, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Wytemaweg 80, Rotterdam, The Netherlands w.vandesande@erasmusmc.nl.
authors.forename: Wendy W J
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: van de Sande
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D064368:Healthy Volunteers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D011509:Proteoglycans; D055815:Young Adult; D047071:beta-Glucans / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D011509:Proteoglycans; D047071:beta-Glucans; C010770:polysaccharide-K