Fine-needle aspiration, an efficient sampling technique for bacteriological diagnosis of nonulcerative Buruli ulcer

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1700-1704

  Eddyani, Miriam ^a   Fraga, Alexandra G ^b   Schmitt, Fernando ^c   Uwizeye, Cécile ^a   Fissette, Krista ^a   Johnson, Christian ^d   Aguiar, Julia ^e   Sopoh, Ghislain ^f   Barogui, Yves ^f   Meyers, Wayne M ^g   Pedrosa, Jorge ^b   Portaels, Françoise ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d Programme National de Lutte Contre l'Ulcere de Buruli   (Benin)

^e Centre Sanitaire et Nutritionnel Gbemoten   (Benin)

^f Centre de Depistage et de Traitement de l'Ulcere de Buruli   (Benin)

^g ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIN; BURULI ULCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NEEDLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN CULTURE;

BENIN; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BURULI ULCER; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 66749180549     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00197-09     Document Type: Article

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