Two Streptococcus pyogenes emm types and several anaerobic bacterial species are associated with idiopathic cutaneous ulcers in children after community-based mass treatment with azithromycin.

• Main Authors: Brad Griesenauer (Author), Yue Xing (Author), Katherine R Fortney (Author), Xiang Gao (Author), Camila González-Beiras (Author), David E Nelson (Author), Jie Ren (Author), Oriol Mitjà (Author), Qunfeng Dong (Author), Stanley M Spinola (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>In yaws-endemic areas, two-thirds of exudative cutaneous ulcers (CU) are associated with Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue (TP) and Haemophilus ducreyi (HD); one-third are classified as idiopathic ulcers (IU). A yaws eradication campaign on Lihir Island in Papua New G...