| review of 21 cases of mycetoma from 1991 to 2014 in rio de janeiro, brazil. | mycetoma is caused by the subcutaneous inoculation of filamentous fungi or aerobic filamentous bacteria that form grains in the tissue. the purpose of this study is to describe the epidemiologic, clinic, laboratory, and therapeutic characteristics of patients with mycetoma at the oswaldo cruz foundation in rio de janeiro, brazil, between 1991 and 2014. twenty-one cases of mycetoma were included in the study. there was a predominance of male patients (1.3:1) and the average patient age was 46 yea ... | 2017 | 28192433 |