Histopathologic Features of Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection

Histopathologic Features of Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection

Because of the emergence of Buruli ulcer disease, the World Health Organization launched a Global Buruli Ulcer Initiative in 1998. This indolent skin infection is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. During a study of risk factors for the disease in Ghana, adequate excisional skin-biopsy specimens were...

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Main Authors: Jeannette Guarner, Jeanine Bartlett, Ellen A. Spotts Whitney, Pratima L. Raghunathan, Ymkje Stienstra, Kwame Asamoa, Samuel Etuaful, Erasmus Klutse, Eric Quarshie, Tjip S. van der Werf, Winette T.A. van der Graaf, C. Harold King, David A. Ashford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
acid-fast bacilli
Buruli ulcer
culture
Ghana
histopathology
Mycobacterium ulcerans
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/9/6/02-0485_article

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