Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease, Peru

Eight adult patients (ages 18–58, 5 women) with Buruli ulcer (BU) confirmed by at least 2 diagnostic methods were seen in a 10-year period. Attempts to culture Mycobacterium ulcerans failed. Five patients came from jungle areas, and 3 from the swampy northern coast of Peru. The patients had 1–5 lesi...

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Autores principales: Guerra, Humberto, Palomino, Juan Carlos, Falconí, Eduardo, Bravo, Francisco, Donaires, Ninoska, Van Marck, Eric, Portaels, Françoise
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2570831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18325248
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1403.070904

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2570831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18325248
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1403.070904

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