Spatial Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Buruli Ulcer Lesions: Implications for Laboratory Diagnosis

Spatial Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Buruli Ulcer Lesions: Implications for Laboratory Diagnosis

Currently, four laboratory methods are available to diagnose Buruli ulcer, a neglected tropical skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans affecting mainly children in remote rural areas of West Africa. Only one of the four methods, direct microscopic examination of wound exudate for acid fast ba...

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Main Authors: Ruf, Marie-Thérèse, Bolz, Miriam, Vogel, Moritz, Bayi, Pierre F., Bratschi, Martin W., Sopho, Ghislain Emmanuel, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Um Boock, Alphonse, Junghanss, Thomas, Pluschke, Gerd
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4890796/

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