PPE Barcoding Identifies Biclonal Mycobacterium ulcerans Buruli Ulcer, Côte d’Ivoire

PPE Barcoding Identifies Biclonal Mycobacterium ulcerans Buruli Ulcer, Côte d’Ivoire

ABSTRACT Mycobacterium ulcerans, an environmental opportunistic pathogen, causes necrotic cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions, named Buruli ulcers, in tropical countries. PCR-derived tests used to detect M. ulcerans in environmental and clinical samples do not allow one-shot detection, identification...

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Main Authors: B. G. O. Tchan, S. Ngazoa-Kakou, N. Aka, N. K. B. Apia, N. Hammoudi, M. Drancourt, J. Saad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Mycobacterium ulcerans
Mycobacterium marinum
PPE gene
genotyping
whole-genome sequencing
Buruli ulcer
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.00342-23

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