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Sudan's 'silent death' from flesh-eating cuts

Mycetoma, caused by bacteria or fungus and entering the body usually through cuts, it is progressively destructive infectious disease of the body tissue, affecting skin, muscle and bone

It seemed little to worry about: Sudanese farmer Khadija Ahmad was planting onions when she stepped on a thorn that pierced her sandal and cut her foot.

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