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Article Dans Une Revue American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Année : 2011

A Cutaneous Ulcer Resulting from Mycobacterium ulcerans--Leishmania braziliensis Coinfection in South America

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Buruli ulcer is a tropical skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. Its mode of transmission is not yet clearly understood. We report here a cutaneous ulcer in a European traveler in South America resulting from a coinfection detected specifically for Mycobacterium ulcerans and Leishmania braziliensis DNA with real-time polymerase chain reaction. This observation of a unique cutaneous ulcer raises the issue about possible modes of transmission of those two pathogens by the same vector.

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hal-03333937 , version 1 (03-09-2021)

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B. Mougin, M. Avenel-Audran, Lilia Hasseine, Ludovic Martin, Jane Cottin, et al.. A Cutaneous Ulcer Resulting from Mycobacterium ulcerans--Leishmania braziliensis Coinfection in South America. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2011, 85 (5), pp.897-899. ⟨10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0126⟩. ⟨hal-03333937⟩
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