Findings in Patients From Benin With Osteomyelitis and Polymerase Chain Reaction–Confirmed Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection | Zendy

Virginie Pommelet | Zendy; Quentin B. Vincent | Zendy; Marie-Françoise Ardant | Zendy; Ambroise Adeye | Zendy; Anca Tanase | Zendy; Laura Tondeur | Zendy; A. Rega | Zendy; Jordi Landier | Zendy; Estelle Marion | Zendy; Alexandre Alcaïs | Zendy; Laurent Marsollier | Zendy; Arnaud Fontanet | Zendy; Annick Chauty | Zendy

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Findings in Patients From Benin With Osteomyelitis and Polymerase Chain Reaction–Confirmed Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection

Author(s) -

Virginie Pommelet,

Quentin B. Vincent,

Marie-Françoise Ardant,

Ambroise Adeye,

Anca Tanase,

Laura Tondeur,

A. Rega,

Jordi Landier,

Estelle Marion,

Alexandre Alcaïs,

Laurent Marsollier,

Arnaud Fontanet,

Annick Chauty

Publication year - 2014

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/ciu584

Subject(s) - mycobacterium ulcerans , buruli ulcer , medicine , osteomyelitis , polymerase chain reaction , skin ulcer , dermatology , microbiology and biotechnology , disease , immunology , pathology , biology , biochemistry , gene

Mycobacterium ulcerans is known to cause Buruli ulcer (BU), a necrotizing skin disease leading to extensive cutaneous and subcutaneous destruction and functional limitations. However, M. ulcerans infections are not limited to skin, and osteomyelitis, still poorly described in the literature, occurs in numerous young patients in Africa.

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