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Paradoxical Responses After Start of Antimicrobial Treatment in Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection
Author(s) -
Willemien A. Nienhuis,
Ymkje Stienstra,
Karibu M. Abass,
Wilson Tuah,
William A. Thompson,
P. Awuah,
N. Y. Awuah-Boateng,
Ohene Adjei,
Gisela Bretzel,
Jan P. Schouten,
Tjip S. van der Werf
Publication year - 2011
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 - 10.1093/cid/cir856
Subject(s) - medicine , mycobacterium ulcerans , buruli ulcer , antimicrobial , lesion , surgery , dermatology , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Antimicrobial killing in mycobacterial infections may be accompanied by (transient) clinical deterioration, known as paradoxical reaction. To search for patterns reflecting such reactions in the treatment of Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection), the evolution of lesions of patients treated with antimicrobials was prospectively assessed.

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