Open AccessFirst Case ofMycobacterium ulceransDisease (Buruli Ulcer) Following a Human Bite
Author(s) -
Martine Debacker,
Claude Zinsou,
Julia Aguiar,
Wayne M. Meyers,
Françoise Portaels
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/367660
Subject(s) - mycobacterium ulcerans , buruli ulcer , medicine , disease , human disease , dermatology , pathology
Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (MUD) is rapidly reemerging in many countries, especially in West African countries. Antecedent trauma has often been related to the lesions that characterize this frequently crippling disease. We report here the first case of MUD that followed a human bite at the site where the lesion later occurred.
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