Mycetoma in the Republic of Niger: clinical features and epidemiology.

Mycetoma is a common disease in the Republic of Niger. In two hospitals 133 cases were observed. The major site of lesions was the foot.

[63 cases of mycetoma in the Niger Republic (etiological study based on histopathology)].

63 samples of mycetomas were examined between 1981 and 1984. Most of them (53 cases) were actinomycotic mycetomas of which 20 were due to Streptomyces somaliensis, 17 to Actinomadura pelletieri, 11 to Nocardia sp., 4 to Actinomadura madurae.