Spontaneous Clearance of a Secondary Buruli Ulcer Lesion Emerging Ten Months after Completion of Chemotherapy—A Case Report from Togo
Author(s) -
Marcus Beißner,
Ebekalisaï Piten,
Issaka Maman,
Dominik Symank,
Moritz K. Jansson,
Jörg Nitschke,
Komi Amekuse,
Basil Kobara,
Franz Xaver Wiedemann,
Harald Hoffmann,
Adolf Diefenhardt,
Kossi Badziklou,
Abiba Banla Kere,
Thomas Löscher,
Gisela Bretzel
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
plos neglected tropical diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.99
H-Index - 135
eISSN - 1935-2735
pISSN - 1935-2727
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001747
Subject(s) - buruli ulcer , medicine , chemotherapy , lesion , dermatology , surgery , neglected tropical diseases , general surgery , pathology , public health , disease
1 Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany, 2 Centre Hospitalier Régional Maritime (CHR Maritime), Tsévié, Togo, 3 Institut National d’Hygiène (INH), Lomé, Togo, 4 German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW), Würzburg, Germany, 5 German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW), Togo office, Lomé, Togo, 6 Programme National de Lutte contre L’Ulcère de Buruli – Lèpre et Pian (PNLUB-LP), Lomé, Togo, 7 Institute of Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine, Pneumological Teaching Hospital of the University of Munich, Gauting, Germany
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