Spontaneous clearance of a secondary Buruli ulcer lesion emerging ten months after completion of chemotherapy--a case report from Togo

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012;6(7):e1747. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001747. Epub 2012 Jul 31.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Buruli Ulcer / diagnosis
  • Buruli Ulcer / drug therapy*
  • Child
  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycobacterium ulcerans / genetics
  • Mycobacterium ulcerans / isolation & purification*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Streptomycin / administration & dosage*
  • Togo

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Streptomycin

Grants and funding

The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement N° 241500. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The funder's website is accessible via http://ec.europa.eu/research/health/infectious-diseases/neglected-diseases/projects/012_en.html.