Buruli ulcer caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans subsp shinshuense: A rare case of familial concurrent occurrence and detection of insertion sequence 2404 in Japan

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-67

  Ohtsuka, Mikio ^a   Kikuchi, Nobuyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Toshiyuki ^a   Suzutani, Tatsuo ^a   Nakanaga, Kazue ^b   Suzuki, Koichi ^b   Ishii, Norihisa ^b  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFCAPENE PIVOXIL; CLARITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BURULI ULCER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRAYFISH; DEBRIDEMENT; FAMILIAL INCIDENCE; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; JAPAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS SHINSHUENSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RNA GENE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN NECROSIS; SUBSPECIES; WATER ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTACOIDEA; BIOPSY; BURULI ULCER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NECROSIS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84892719054     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.6816     Document Type: Article

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