Interferon-γ is a crucial activator of early host immune defense against Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in mice [PDF]
, 2016 Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a chronic necrotizing human skin disease associated with the production of the cytotoxic macrolide exotoxin mycolactone.
Miriam Bolz +11 more
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Development and application of new approaches to study the epidemiology of "mycobacterium ulcerans" disease (Buruli ulcer) in Ghana [PDF]
, 2012 Mycobacterium ulcerans, causing the devastating skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU), has evolved from the fish pathogen M. marinum. By the acquisition of a virulence plasmid (pMUM) a progenitor of M.
Röltgen, Katharina
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, 2023 Health Science Reports, Volume 6, Issue 11, November 2023.
Tolulope J. Ogunniyi +3 more
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Experimental infection of the pig with Mycobacterium ulcerans: a novel model for studying the pathogenesis of Buruli ulcer disease. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND Buruli ulcer (BU) is a slowly progressing, necrotising disease of the skin caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans. Non-ulcerative manifestations are nodules, plaques and oedema, which may progress to ulceration of large parts of ...
Miriam Bolz +12 more
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BMC Microbiology, 2019 Background Diphtheria toxin (DT) is produced by toxigenic strains of the human pathogen Corynebacterium diphtheriae as well as zoonotic C. ulcerans and C. pseudotuberculosis.
Alexandra Dangel +3 more
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Prospects for the development of a subunit vaccine against Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) [PDF]
, 2014 Buruli ulcer (BU) is a slow progressing disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. It presents in different clinical forms ranging from small non-ulcerative nodules to large ulcers and sometimes multiple ulcerations ...
Bolz, Miriam
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Production of a bacteriocin, ulceracin 378, by Corynebacterium ulcerans [PDF]
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1983 The production of the bacteriocin ulceracin 378 by Corynebacterium ulcerans 378 was demonstrated during the growth of the organism on solid medium. Ulceracin 378 was not found in broth cultures and could not be extracted from the organisms by various solvents and salt solutions.
K, Abrehem, I, Zamiri
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Spatiotemporal co-existence of two Mycobacterium ulcerans clonal complexes in the Offin River Valley of Ghana [PDF]
, 2016 In recent years, comparative genome sequence analysis of African Mycobacterium ulcerans strains isolated from Buruli ulcer (BU) lesion specimen has revealed a very limited genetic diversity of closely related isolates and a striking association between ...
Kerber, Sarah +23 more
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023 Introdução/objetivo: A difteria é uma toxiinfecção aguda que se apresenta na forma respiratória e/ou cutânea, e que pode ser fatal devido à ação da toxina diftérica (TD).
Lincoln de Oliveira Sant'Anna +8 more
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Identification and characterization of "Plasmodium falciparum" and "Mycobacterium ulcerans" antigens as potential vaccine components and targets for serological test and molecular typing methods [PDF]
, 2006 The increase of Plasmodium falciparum’s drug resistance and the resurgence of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease through environmental changes aggravate health problems caused by these pathogens. Buruli ulcer, caused by M.
Díaz-Arévalo, Diana
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