Haemophilus ducreyi as a cause of skin ulcers in children from a yaws-endemic area of Papua New Guinea: a prospective cohort study

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Dr. Oriol Mitjà, MD (مؤلف), Prof. Sheila A Lukehart, PhD (مؤلف), Gideon Pokowas, HEO (مؤلف), Penias Moses, HEO (مؤلف), August Kapa, BSc (مؤلف), Charmie Godornes, BSc (مؤلف), Jennifer Robson, MD (مؤلف), Sarah Cherian, MD (مؤلف), Wendy Houinei, HEO (مؤلف), Walter Kazadi, MD (مؤلف), Prof. Peter Siba, PhD (مؤلف), Elisa de Lazzari, MSc (مؤلف), Quique Bassat, MD (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Elsevier, 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Skin infections with ulceration are a major health problem in countries of the south Pacific region. Yaws, caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue and diagnosed by the presence of skin ulcers and a reactive syphilis serology, is one major cause, but this infection can be confuse...