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Buruli Ulcer

Known as: Ulcer, Buruli, SEARL ULCER, Ulcer Diseases, Buruli 
A cutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. It presents with painless nodular swelling of the skin, leading to the formation of… 
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2019
2019
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)*
Review
2011
Review
2011
Buruli Ulcer Prevalence and Altitude, Benin
To the Editor: Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is one of 13 recently classified neglected tropical diseases… 
2011
2011
Laboratory Confirmation of Buruli Ulcer Disease in Togo, 2007–2010
Background Since the early 1990s more than 1,800 patients with lesions suspicious for Buruli ulcer disease (BUD) have been… 
2010
2010
Use of Fine-Needle Aspiration for Diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection
ABSTRACT Noninvasive methods for the bacteriological diagnosis of early-stage Mycobacterium ulcerans infection are not available… 
2010
2010
Buruli Ulcer Lesions in HIV-Positive Patient
To the Editor: Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) is a neglected and emerging tropical disease (1). It often leads to… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Fine-Needle Aspiration, an Efficient Sampling Technique for Bacteriological Diagnosis of Nonulcerative Buruli Ulcer
ABSTRACT Invasive punch or incisional skin biopsy specimens are currently employed for the bacteriological confirmation of the… 
2004
2004
Buruli ulcer and schistosomiasis: no association found.
Helminth infections elicit an immune response potentially enhancing susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases. Schistosomiasis and… 
2004
2004
Immunoglobulin M Antibody Responses to Mycobacterium ulcerans Allow Discrimination between Cases of Active Buruli Ulcer Disease and Matched Family Controls in Areas Where the Disease Is Endemic
ABSTRACT Buruli ulcer disease (BUD) is an emerging disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. In the present study we have… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Emerging aspects of Buruli ulcer
Buruli ulcer, caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a major mycobacteriosis that affects people in scattered foci in… 
1992
1992
WOUNDS THAT WILL NOT HEAL: THE BURULI ULCER
Among the tnany infectious diseases of tbe tropics and subtropics, some are little known and rarely recognized even where they… 
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