A Case of Cutaneous Tuberculosis in a Buruli Ulcer–Endemic Area
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1 Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, 2 University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 3 National Committee for Leprosy, Buruli Ulcer, Yaws and Leishmaniasis Control, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 4 Bankim District Hospital, Bankim, Cameroon, 5 Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, 6 FAIRMED Africa Regional Office, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Buruli ulcer is a disabling cutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, a slow growing environmental mycobacterium. The name originates from the district of Buruli in Uganda, where many of the early cases
Acta Derm Venereol 95 © 2015 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1943 Journal Compilation © 2015 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Buruli ulcer is a disabling cutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, a slow growing environmental mycobacterium. The name originates from the district of Buruli in Uganda, where many of the early cases were reported in the late 1960s. Buruli ulc...
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