Haemophilus ducreyi Cutaneous Ulcer Strains Are Nearly Identical to Class I Genital Ulcer Strains.

• Главные авторы: Dharanesh Gangaiah (Автор), Kristen M Webb (Автор), Tricia L Humphreys (Автор), Kate R Fortney (Автор), Evelyn Toh (Автор), Albert Tai (Автор), Samantha S Katz (Автор), Allan Pillay (Автор), Cheng-Yen Chen (Автор), Sally A Roberts (Автор), Robert S Munson (Автор), Stanley M Spinola (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Although cutaneous ulcers (CU) in the tropics is frequently attributed to Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue, the causative agent of yaws, Haemophilus ducreyi has emerged as a major cause of CU in yaws-endemic regions of the South Pacific islands and Africa. H. ducreyi is generally su...