First Cultivation and Characterization of Mycobacterium ulcerans from the Environment

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, or Buruli ulcer (BU), is an indolent, necrotizing infection of skin, subcutaneous tissue and, occasionally, bones. It is the third most common human mycobacteriosis worldwide, after tuberculosis and leprosy. There is evidence that M. ulcerans is an environ...

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Autores principales: Portaels, Françoise, Meyers, Wayne M., Ablordey, Anthony, Castro, António G., Chemlal, Karim, de Rijk, Pim, Elsen, Pierre, Fissette, Krista, Fraga, Alexandra G., Lee, Richard, Mahrous, Engy, Small, Pamela L. C., Stragier, Pieter, Torrado, Egídio, Van Aerde, Anita, Silva, Manuel T., Pedrosa, Jorge
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2268003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18365032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000178

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