Summary This case series reviews the use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) for surgical site infections (SSI) on the upper body of six horses at an academic referral institution between 2016 and 2020. The SSIs consisted of three ventral midline celiotomy incisions post‐abdominal exploratory, one paralumbar flank incision for removal of an ...
Tianti Askey +2 more
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Multilocus sequence types of invasive Corynebacterium diphtheriae isolated in the Rio de Janeiro urban area, Brazil [PDF]
Invasive infections caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae in vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals have been reported increasingly. In this study we used multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to study genetic relationships between six invasive strains of
Miyoshi, A. +12 more
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Use of Recombinant Virus Replicon Particles for Vaccination against Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease. [PDF]
Buruli ulcer, caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a necrotizing disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, which is most prevalent in rural regions of West African countries.
Kerber, Sarah +11 more
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Mycobacterium ulcerans persistence at a village water source of Buruli ulcer patients [PDF]
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) +41 more
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A sero-epidemiological approach to explore transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans [PDF]
The debilitating skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU) is caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans. While various hypotheses on potential reservoirs and vectors of M. ulcerans exist, the mode of transmission has remained unclear.
Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy +32 more
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Diphtheroids-Important Nosocomial Pathogens [PDF]
Introduction: Diphtheroids are defined as aerobic, nonsporulating, pleomorphic Gram-positive bacilli which are more uniformly stained than Corynebacterium diphtheriae, lack the metachromatic granules and are arranged in a palisade manner.
Reshmi Chandra +3 more
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Development of a temperature-switch PCR-based SNP typing method for Mycobacterium ulcerans [PDF]
Mycobacterium ulcerans (M. ulcerans), the causative agent of the devastating skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU), is characterized by an extremely low level of genetic diversity.
Danso Emelia +19 more
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Proteomics of Toxigenic Corynebacteria
Within the genus Corynebacterium, six species are potential carriers of the tox gene, which encodes the highly potent diphtheria exotoxin: Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium belfantii, Corynebacterium rouxii, Corynebacterium ulcerans ...
Andreas Burkovski
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Corynebacterium ulcerans cutaneous diphtheria
We describe the case of a patient with cutaneous diphtheria caused by toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans who developed a right hand flexor sheath infection and symptoms of sepsis such as fever, tachycardia, and elevated C-reactive protein, after contact with domestic cats and dogs, and a fox.
Moore, LS +5 more
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Locally confined clonal complexes of Mycobacterium ulcerans in two Buruli ulcer endemic regions of Cameroon [PDF]
Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of the necrotizing skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU), which has been reported from over 30 countries worldwide.
Miriam Bolz +38 more
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