Buruli ulcer in United Kingdom tourist returning from Latin America

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1827-1829

  McGann, Hugh ^a   Stragier, Pieter ^b   Portaels, Françoise ^b   Gascoyne Binzi, Deborah ^c   Collyns, Timothy ^c   Lucas, Sebastian ^d   Mawer, Damian ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BURULI ULCER; CASE REPORT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; SKIN BIOPSY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TOURISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; BURULI ULCER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRAVEL;

EID: 70350462941     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1511.090460     Document Type: Article

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