A Case of Cutaneous Tuberculosis in a Buruli Ulcer-Endemic Area

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Bratschi, Martin W ^a,b   Njih Tabah, Earnest ^a,b,c   Bolz, Miriam ^a,b   Stucki, David ^a,b   Borrell, Sonia ^a,b   Gagneux, Sebastien ^a,b   Noumen Djeunga, Blanbin ^d   Junghanss, Thomas ^e   Um Boock, Alphonse ^f   Pluschke, Gerd ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

^d Bankim District Hospital   (Cameroon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f FAIRMED Africa Regional Office   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL PLUS ISONIAZID PLUS PYRAZINAMIDE PLUS RIFAMPICIN; ISONIAZID PLUS RIFAMPICIN; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURULI ULCER; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; SKIN ULCER;

ADULT; BURULI ULCER; CAMEROON; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 84865988235     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001751     Document Type: Article

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