Spontaneous Clearance of a Secondary Buruli Ulcer Lesion Emerging Ten Months after Completion of Chemotherapy—A Case Report from Togo
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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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