Buruli ulcer in a traveller returning from Madagascar: the first report of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection from the region
J Travel Med
.
2021 Jan 6;28(1):taaa199.
doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa199.
Authors
Chiara Sepulcri
1
,
Antonio Di Biagio
1
2
,
Stefania Tutino
1
,
Umberto Valente
1
3
4
,
Ramona Barbieri
2
,
Anna Marchese
1
2
,
Matteo Bassetti
1
2
Affiliations
1
Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy.
2
Ospedale Policlinico San Martino - IRCCS, Genoa, Italy.
3
Université Nord Antsiranana (UNA), Antsiranana, Madagascar.
4
Le Polyclinique Universitaire, Antsiranana, Madagascar.
PMID:
33063113
DOI:
10.1093/jtm/taaa199
No abstract available
Keywords:
M. ulcerans; Buruli ulcer; Health-care worker; Madagascar.
MeSH terms
Buruli Ulcer* / diagnosis
Buruli Ulcer* / drug therapy
DNA, Bacterial
Humans
Madagascar
Mycobacterium ulcerans* / genetics
Substances
DNA, Bacterial