Mycobacterium ulcerans in the Elderly: More Severe Disease and Suboptimal Outcomes.

• Autores principales: Daniel P O'Brien (Autor), N Deborah Friedman (Autor), Raquel Cowan (Autor), James Pollard (Autor), Anthony McDonald (Autor), Peter Callan (Autor), Andrew Hughes (Autor), Eugene Athan (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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BACKGROUND:The clinical presentation of M. ulcerans disease and the safety and effectiveness of treatment may differ in elderly compared with younger populations related to relative immune defficiencies, co-morbidities and drug interactions. However, elderly populations with M. ulcerans disease have...