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Publicado 2019
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Objective: To report the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of eumycetoma patients diagnosed in a referral tertiary hospital of Lima-Peru. Methods: Patients with a diagnosis of eumycetoma evaluated at the Cayetano Heredia Hospital between 2000 and 2017. Diagnosis of eumycetoma required demonstration of grains at clinical or histopathological examination. Epidemiological and clinical data was extracted from clinical and mycology laboratory records. The isolates were identified on the basis of cultural and morphological characteristics. When it was possible a molecular diagnostic test was used for the identification of the species. Results: 19 eumycetoma patients were diagnosed, most of them were males, median age of 37. The median duration of disease was 65 months, and eleven out of 14 patients reported history of agricultural activity before the onset of the disease. Most patie...