Buruli ulcer in South Western Nigeria: a retrospective cohort study of patients treated in Benin.

• Egile Nagusiak: Estelle Marion (Egilea), Kevin Carolan (Egilea), Ambroise Adeye (Egilea), Marie Kempf (Egilea), Annick Chauty (Egilea), Laurent Marsollier (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Nigeria is known to be endemic to Buruli ulcer, but epidemiological data are remarkably rare. Here, we present a large cohort of 127 PCR-confirmed M. ulcerans infection patients coming from Nigeria and treated in a neighbouring country, Benin. Severe lesions and delay of consultation are factors tha...