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Development of Highly Organized Lymphoid Structures in Buruli Ulcer Lesions after Treatment with Rifampicin and Streptomycin

BACKGROUND: Buruli ulcer caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans is an infection of the subcutaneous tissue leading to chronic necrotising skin ulcers. The pathogenesis is associated with the cytocidal and immunosuppressive activities of a macrolide toxin. Histopathological hallmark of progressing disease...

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Autores principales: Schütte, Daniela, Um-Boock, Alphonse, Mensah-Quainoo, Ernestina, Itin, Peter, Schmid, Peter, Pluschke, Gerd
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2041817/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17989779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000002