First cultivation and characterization of Mycobacterium ulcerans from the environment.

• Main Authors: Françoise Portaels (Author), Wayne M Meyers (Author), Anthony Ablordey (Author), António G Castro (Author), Karim Chemlal (Author), Pim de Rijk (Author), Pierre Elsen (Author), Krista Fissette (Author), Alexandra G Fraga (Author), Richard Lee (Author), Engy Mahrous (Author), Pamela L C Small (Author), Pieter Stragier (Author), Egídio Torrado (Author), Anita Van Aerde (Author), Manuel T Silva (Author), Jorge Pedrosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, or Buruli ulcer (BU), is an indolent, necrotizing infection of skin, subcutaneous tissue and, occasionally, bones. It is the third most common human mycobacteriosis worldwide, after tuberculosis and leprosy. There is evidence that M. ulcerans is an environ...