Mycobacterium ulcerans in the Elderly: More Severe Disease and Suboptimal Outcomes

BACKGROUND: The clinical presentation of M. ulcerans disease and the safety and effectiveness of treatment may differ in elderly compared with younger populations related to relative immune defficiencies, co-morbidities and drug interactions. However, elderly populations with M. ulcerans disease hav...

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Autores principales: O’Brien, Daniel P., Friedman, N. Deborah, Cowan, Raquel, Pollard, James, McDonald, Anthony, Callan, Peter, Hughes, Andrew, Athan, Eugene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26630648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004253

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4667883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26630648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004253

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