Immunohistochemical monitoring of wound healing in antibiotic treated Buruli ulcer patients.

• Main Authors: Arianna Andreoli (Author), Marie-Thérèse Ruf (Author), Ghislain Emmanuel Sopoh (Author), Peter Schmid (Author), Gerd Pluschke (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: While traditionally surgery has dominated the clinical management of Buruli ulcer (BU), the introduction of the combination chemotherapy with oral rifampicin and intramuscular streptomycin greatly improved treatment and reduced recurrence rates. However management of the often extensive...