Successful outcomes with oral fluoroquinolones combined with rifampicin in the treatment of Mycobacterium ulcerans: an observational cohort study.

• Main Authors: Daniel P O'Brien (Author), Anthony McDonald (Author), Peter Callan (Author), Mike Robson (Author), N Deborah Friedman (Author), Andrew Hughes (Author), Ian Holten (Author), Aaron Walton (Author), Eugene Athan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization currently recommends combined streptomycin and rifampicin antibiotic treatment as first-line therapy for Mycobacterium ulcerans infections. Alternatives are needed when these are not tolerated or accepted by patients, contraindicated, or neither accessible n...