Leg ulcer caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans ssp. shinshuense infection

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1330-1333

  Kondo, Makoto ^a   Kurokawa, Ichiro ^a   Ito, Yoshiyuki ^a   Yamanaka, Kei Ichi ^a   Yamazaki, Toshio ^a   Mizutani, Hitoshi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; RNA 16S; SULFADIAZINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURULI ULCER; CASE REPORT; CULTURE MEDIUM; DERMIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEG ULCER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS SHINSHUENSE; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURULI ULCER; CLARITHROMYCIN; FOREARM; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 71049180346     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.04060.x     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Tsukamura M, Mikoshiba H. A new mycobacterium which caused skin infection. Microbiol Immunol 1982, 26:951-955.
2. Kazumi Y, Ohtomo K, Takahashi M. Mycobacterium shinshuense isolated from cutaneous ulcer lesion of right lower extremity in 37-year-old woman. Kekkaku 2004, 79:437-441. (in Japanese)
3. Imada H, Kishi K, Tanaka R. Therapy resistant ulcer on the elbow due to Mycobacterium shinshuense infection. J Jpn Soc Surg Hand 2007, 24:271. (abstract) (in Japanese)
4. Taki R, Tanioka M, Matsumura Y. A case of cutaneous Mycobacterium shinshuense infection. Jpn J Dermatol 2006, 116:842. (abstract) (in Japanese)
5. Suzuki S, Arakawa C, Shibuya Y. Skin ulcer due to Mycobacterium ulcerans subsp. shinshuense. Hifubyo-Shinryo 2007, 30:145-148. (in Japanese)
6. Funakoshi K, Okada R, Nishimoto K. Skin infection due to Mycobacterium shinshuense. Jpn J Dermatol 2008, 118:829. (abstract) (in Japanese)
7. Nakanaga K, Ishii N, Suzuki K. " Mycobacterium ulcerans subsp. shinshuense" isolated from a skin ulcer lesion: identification based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing. J Clin Microbiol 2007, 45:3840-3843.
8. Rikimaru T, Kondo M, Kondo S. Bacterial activities of povidone-iodine against Mycobacterium. Dermatology 1997, 195(Suppl. 2):104-106.