Climate, soil type, and geographic distribution of actinomycetoma cases in Northeast Mexico: A cross-sectional study

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 5; p. e0232556
• Main Authors: Cardenas-de la Garza, Jesus Alberto, Welsh, Oliverio, Cuellar-Barboza, Adrian, Suarez-Sanchez, Karina Paola, Cruz-Gomez, Luis Gerardo, De la Cruz-Valadez, Estephania, Ocampo-Candiani, Jorge, Vera-Cabrera, Lucio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 08.05.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acacia; Actinomycetales infections; Actinomycetes; Annual precipitation; Annual temperatures; Bacteria; Biodiversity; Biology and Life Sciences; Causes of; Chronic infection; Clusters; Cross-sectional studies; Culture; Dermatology; Diseases; Distribution; Earth Sciences; Ecological niches; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Environmental aspects; Epidemiology; Etiology; Fungi; Geographical distribution; Humidity; Infection; Infections; Infectious skin diseases; Maduromycosis; Mean annual precipitation; Medical research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Niches; Niches (Ecology); Nocardia; People and places; Precipitation; Prediction models; Prosopis; Public health; Public health movements; Rain; Rainfall; Reservoirs (Water); Soil mapping; Soil temperature; Soil types; Soils; Strategic planning (Business); Temperature; Trauma; Vegetation; Vertisols; Mexico; Sudan

Mycetoma is a chronic, granulomatous infection of subcutaneous tissue, that may involve deep structures and bone. It can be caused by bacteria (actinomycetoma) or fungi (eumycetoma). There is an epidemiological association between mycetoma and the environment, including rainfall, temperature and hum...