All-Oral Antibiotic Treatment for Buruli Ulcer: A Report of Four Patients
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1 Department of Infectious Diseases, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia, 2 Department of Surgery, Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 3 Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 4 Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 5 WHO Collaborating Centre for Mycobacterium ulcerans (Western Pacific Region) and Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, Australia, 6 Department of Anatomical Pathology, Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 7 Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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