Concomitant Madura Foot and Tuberculosis in a Child: A Diagnostic Dilemma!

@inproceedings{Sharma2014ConcomitantMF,
  title={Concomitant Madura Foot and Tuberculosis in a Child: A Diagnostic Dilemma!},
  author={Sonam Sharma and Sansar Chand Sharma and Mandeep Singh Dhillon and Kang-lai Tang},
  year={2014}
}
Madura/Mycetoma foot is an uncommon infection in children seldom described in literature, especially as a coinfection with extrapulmonary tuberculosis. We report a unique case of concomitant madura foot caused by actinomadura madurae and tuberculosis in a child from a known endemic area of Haryana, India which posed a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. 
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