Paper II — 2025 March (Supplementary) (2010 Scheme) — Q9

Paper II

2025 March (Supplementary) (2010 Scheme) · 40 marks · 120 min

Question

Name TWO agents causing Mycetoma

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Answer

Two agents causing mycetoma:

1. Madurella mycetomatis — the most common cause of eumycetoma (fungal mycetoma) worldwide; grains typically black/dark, showing broad, septate hyphae.
2. Nocardia species (e.g., N. brasiliensis) — a common cause of actinomycetoma (bacterial mycetoma); grains typically white/yellow, showing fine, thin, branching filaments.

(Other valid examples: Actinomadura madurae, Streptomyces somaliensis — actinomycetoma; Exophiala jeanselmei, Pseudallescheria boydii — eumycetoma.)

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