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The Accuracy of Histopathological and Cytopathological Techniques in the Identification of the Mycetoma Causative Agents

• Emmanuel Edwar Siddig,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Najwa Adam Mhmoud,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation The Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

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• Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations The Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

  ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0266-5180

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• Omnia Babekir Abdallah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation The Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

  ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3407-1870

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• Salwa Osman Mekki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Histopathology, Soba University Hospital, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

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• Nadia I. El Dawi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Histopathology, Soba University Hospital, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

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• Wendy Van de Sande,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical Centre, University of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Ahmed Hassan Fahal

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ahfahal@hotmail.com, ahfahal@uofk.edu

  Affiliation The Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

  ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4922-7321

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