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

• Main Authors: Daniel P O'Brien (Author), N Deborah Friedman (Author), Raquel Cowan (Author), James Pollard (Author), Anthony McDonald (Author), Peter Callan (Author), Andrew Hughes (Author), Eugene Athan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...