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Spontaneous healing of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease in Australian patients

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium ulcerans causes necrotising infections of skin and soft tissue mediated by the polyketide exotoxin mycolactone that causes cell apoptosis and immune suppression. It has been postulated that infection can be eradicated before the development of clinical lesions but spontaneo...

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Autores principales: O’Brien, Daniel P., Murrie, Adrian, Meggyesy, Peter, Priestley, Jonathan, Rajcoomar, Avinash, Athan, Eugene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6396929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30779807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007178