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Mycolactone Diffuses into the Peripheral Blood of Buruli Ulcer Patients - Implications for Diagnosis and Disease Monitoring. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer (BU), is unique among human pathogens in its capacity to produce a polyketide-derived macrolide called mycolactone, making this molecule an attractive candidate target for diagnosis ...
Le Chevalier, Fabien, Lenormand, Pascal, Veyron-Churlet, Romain, Romain Veyron-Churlet, Phillips, Richard, O., Sarfo, FS, Le Chevalier, F, Amoako, Y, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Le Chevalier Fabien, Laure Guenin-Macé, Aka, N'Guetta, Dosso, Mireille, Richard O Phillips, Sarfo Fred S., Fred S Sarfo, Phillips, Richard,, Boneca, Ivo,, Demangel, Caroline, Guenin-Macé, L, Pascal Lenormand, Demangel, C, Wansbrough-Jones, Mark, Dosso, M, Wansbrough-Jones Mark, Veyron-Churlet, R, Richard O. Phillips, Mireille Dosso, Phillips Richard O., Guenin-Macé, Laure, Veyron-Churlet Romain, Sarfo, Fred, S., Aka, N, Boneca, IG, Amoako Yaw, Caroline Demangel, Boneca Ivo G., Ivo G. Boneca, N'Guetta Aka, Aka N'Guetta, Amoako, Yaw, Phillips, RO, Wansbrough-Jones, M, Demangel Caroline, Lenormand Pascal, Boneca, Ivo, G., Sarfo, Fred,, Fabien Le Chevalier, Guenin-Macé Laure, Lenormand, P, Yaw Amoako, Ivo G Boneca, Dosso Mireille, Fred S. Sarfo   +53 more
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Providing insight into the incubation period of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease: two case reports

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019
Background Buruli ulcer caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans is endemic in parts of West Africa and is most prevalent among the 5–15 years age group; Buruli ulcer is uncommon among neonates.
Y. A. Amoako, M. Frimpong, D. O. Awuah, G. Plange-Rhule, E. Boakye-Yiadom, B. Agbavor, F. Sarpong, H. Ahor, E. Adu, K. G. Danso, M. K. Abass, K. Asiedu, M. Wansbrough-Jones, R. O. Phillips   +13 more
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Metagenomics Comparison of Buruli and Non Buruli Ulcer Skin Wound [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022
Introduction: Buruli Ulcer (BU) is caused due to mycobacteria, namely Mycobacterium ulcerans. Buruli ulcer is caused by the mycolactones that are secreted by the Mycobacterium ulcerans which results into the tissue necrosis.
Anushka Singh, Ruchi Yadav
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Revisiting Buruli ulcer

The Journal of Dermatology, 2015
AbstractBuruli ulcer (BU), or Mycobacterium ulcerans infection, is a new emerging infectious disease which has been reported in over 33 countries worldwide. It has been noted not only in tropical areas, such as West Africa where it is most endemic, but also in moderate non‐tropical climate areas, including Australia and Japan.
Rie R, Yotsu, Chiaki, Murase, Mariko, Sugawara, Koichi, Suzuki, Kazue, Nakanaga, Norihisa, Ishii, Kingsley, Asiedu   +6 more
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Serological evaluation of Mycobacterium ulcerans antigens identified by comparative genomics. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010
A specific and sensitive serodiagnostic test for Mycobacterium ulcerans infection would greatly assist the diagnosis of Buruli ulcer and would also facilitate seroepidemiological surveys. By comparative genomics, we identified 45 potential M.
Sacha J Pidot, Jessica L Porter, Laurent Marsollier, Annick Chauty, Florence Migot-Nabias, Cyril Badaut, Angèle Bénard, Marie-Therese Ruf, Torsten Seemann, Paul D R Johnson, John K Davies, Grant A Jenkin, Gerd Pluschke, Timothy P Stinear   +13 more
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Mycolactone cytotoxicity in Schwann cells could explain nerve damage in Buruli ulcer. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
Buruli ulcer is a chronic painless skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. The local nerve damage induced by M. ulcerans invasion is similar to the nerve damage evoked by the injection of mycolactone in a Buruli ulcer mouse model.
Junichiro En, Sho Kitamoto, Akira Kawashima, Suguru Yonezawa, Yoshito Kishi, Norihisa Ishii, Masamichi Goto   +6 more
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Illness meanings and experiences for pre-ulcer and ulcer conditions of Buruli ulcer in the Ga-West and Ga-South municipalities of Ghana [PDF]

, 2012
: BACKGROUND: Ghana is a Buruli ulcer (BU) endemic country yet there is paucity of socio-cultural research on BU. Examining distinctive experiences and meanings for pre-ulcers and ulcers of BU may clarify the disease burden, illness experience and local ...
Kwakye-Maclean Cynthia, Matilda Pappoe, Gyapong, M., Ackumey, M. M., Gyapong Margaret, Ackumey Mercy M, Weiss, M. G., Cynthia Kwakye-Maclean, Pappoe, M., Mitchell G Weiss, Pappoe Matilda, Kwakye-Maclean, C., Margaret Gyapong, Weiss Mitchell G, Mercy M Ackumey, Kwakye-Maclean, Cynthia, Weiss, Mitchell G, Gyapong, Margaret, Pappoe, Matilda, Ackumey, Mercy M, Weiss, Mitchell, Ackumey, Mercy M.   +21 more
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Molecular and epidemiological characterization of recurrent Mycobacterium ulcerans infections in Benin.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
BackgroundBuruli ulcer is a neglected tropical disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, an environmental mycobacterium. Although transmission of M. ulcerans remains poorly understood, the main identified risk factor for acquiring Buruli ulcer is living ...
Ronald Gnimavo, Alban Besnard, Horace Degnonvi, Juliana Pipoli Da Fonseca, Marie Kempf, Christian Roch Johnson, Alexandra Boccarossa, Yao Télesphore Brou, Laurent Marsollier, Estelle Marion   +9 more
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Mycobacterium ulcerans persistence at a village water source of Buruli ulcer patients [PDF]

, 2014
Buruli ulcer (BU), a neglected tropical disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans and is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy.
Nadia Schürch (383786), Arianna Andreoli, Pritchard, James, Gerd Pluschke, Jacques C. Minyem (421866), Schürch, Nadia, Um Book, Alphonse, Sarah Kerber, James Pritchard, Marie-Thérèse Ruf, Ruf, Marie-Thérèse, Sarah Kerber (421868), Alphonse Um Book (543793), Andreoli, Arianna, Noumen, Djeunga, Fidèle G Wantong, Martin W. Bratschi (309715), Marie-Thérèse Ruf (2280196), Djeunga Noumen (421870), Victoria Chakwera, Kerber, Sarah, Chakwera, Victoria, Matthias Wittwer (19991), Alphonse Um Book, Wantong, Fidèle G., Beuret, Christian, James Pritchard (543790), Bratschi, Martin W., Christian Beuret, Fidèle G. Wantong (421867), Gerd Pluschke (7855), Matthias Wittwer, Christian Beuret (543792), Minyem, Jacques C., Martin W Bratschi, Djeunga Noumen, Wittwer, Matthias, Victoria Chakwera (543791), Jacques C Minyem, Nadia Schürch, Arianna Andreoli (543789), Pluschke, Gerd, Beuret Christian, Um Book A, Noumen D, Minyem Jacques C., Kerber Sarah, Schürch N, Ruf MT, Minyem JC, Kerber S, Pluschke G, Wittwer Matthias, Chakwera Victoria, Bratschi MW, Pritchard James, Schürch Nadia, Wantong FG, Wantong Fidèle G., Wittwer M, Chakwera V, Andreoli Arianna, Andreoli A, Beuret C, Pritchard J, Ruf Marie-Thérèse, Um Book Alphonse, Pluschke Gerd, Bratschi Martin W., Noumen Djeunga   +69 more
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Buruli ulcer: Rare presentation of a chronic nonhealing ulcer in India

Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2019
Buruli ulcer is a rare disabling skin infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. It is essential to consider Buruli ulcer as one of the possible differential diagnoses for a chronic nonhealing ulcer and treat the wounds with antitubercular therapy for ...
Ajith John George, Vimalin Samuel, Vasanth Mark Samuel, Pranay Gaikwad   +3 more
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