First case of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) following a human bite

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作者
Debacker, M
Zinsou, C
Aguiar, J
Meyers, WM
Portaels, F
机构
[1] Inst Trop Med, Mycobacteriol Unit, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium
[2] Ctr Sanitaire & Nutr, Gbemoten, Zagnanado, Benin
[3] Armed Forces Inst Pathol, Mycobacteriol Branch, Washington, DC 20306 USA
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10.1086/367660
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (MUD) is rapidly reemerging in many countries, especially in West African countries. Antecedent trauma has often been related to the lesions that characterize this frequently crippling disease. We report here the first case of MUD that followed a human bite at the site where the lesion later occurred.
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