Buruli ulcer in long-term traveler to Senegal

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-119

  Ezzedine, Khaled ^a,d   Pistone, Thierry ^a   Cottin, Jane ^b   Marsollier, Laurent ^b   Guir, Véronique ^c   Malvy, Denis ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier de Saint Nazaire   (France)

^d BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURULI ULCER; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EXCISION; GUINEA-BISSAU; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PALPATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUNCH BIOPSY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENEGAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN GRANULOMA; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN SURGERY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRAVEL;

ADULT; BURULI ULCER; FRANCE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; SENEGAL; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849090588     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1501.080123     Document Type: Letter

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