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Case Reports Ulcer due to Mycobacterium ulcerans in Northern Ireland
Author(s) -
DAWSON J.F.,
ALLEN G.E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1985.tb00625.x
Subject(s) - northern ireland , mycobacterium ulcerans , medicine , buruli ulcer , unit (ring theory) , history , library science , dermatology , ethnology , pathology , psychology , disease , mathematics education , computer science
Summary We report a patient who presented to our service in June 1981 with an extensive ulcer involving his left elbow which eventually proved to be due to Mycobacterium ulceram. This case underlines the necessity of good history taking with respect to foreign travel and a high index of clinical suspicion when faced with unusual lesions in a multiracial society.