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. 2020 Sep 24;14(9):e0008397. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008397

Table 1. Common and uncommon causative agents of eumycetoma and actinomycetoma [13,14].

Fungi Bacteria
Common agents Madurella mycetomatis (M. mycetomi) and sister species M. pseudomycetomatis, M. fahalii, M. tropicana
Trematosphaeria grisea (Madurella grisea)
Medicopsis romeroi (Pyrenochaeta romeroi)
Actinomadura pelletieri
A. madurae
Streptomyces somaliensis
Nocardia brasiliensis
N. asteroides
Uncommon agents Neotestudina rosatii
Scedosporium spp.
Curvularia lunata
Falciformispora senegalensis and F. tompkinsii (Leptosphaeria spp)
Biatriospora mackinnonii (P. mackinnonii)
Pseudochaetosphaeronema larense
Aspergillus nidulans
Rhytidhysteron rufulum
Roussoella spp.
Emarellia paragrisea
N. farcinica
N. otitidiscaviarum (N. caviae)
A. israelii

Note that with modern taxonomic revision, especially of the agents of eumycetoma, frequency is approximate. Previous names are shown in brackets, when available.