A balancing act: Navigating the advantages and challenges of pioneering mycetoma treatment in Sudan—A landmark trial by the Mycetoma Research Center

• Ahmed Hassan Fahal ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

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

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• Eiman Siddig Ahmed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Ali Awadallah Saeed,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3524-4825

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• Lamis Ahmed Fahal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Samira M. E. Hussein,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Kyoko Nakano,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Eisai Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

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• Katsura Hata,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Eisai Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

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• Fabiana Alves,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Borna A. Nyaoke

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Nairobi, Kenya

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