Secondary Buruli Ulcer Skin Lesions Emerging Several Months after Completion of Chemotherapy: Paradoxical Reaction or Evidence for Immune Protection?

BACKGROUND: The neglected tropical disease Buruli ulcer (BU) caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans is an infection of the subcutaneous tissue leading to chronic ulcerative skin lesions. Histopathological features are progressive tissue necrosis, extracellular clusters of acid fast bacilli (AFB) and poor...

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Autores principales: Ruf, Marie-Thérèse, Chauty, Annick, Adeye, Ambroise, Ardant, Marie-Françoise, Koussemou, Hugues, Johnson, Roch Christian, Pluschke, Gerd
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3149035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21829740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001252

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3149035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21829740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001252

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