Ulcera del Buruli: la "nuova lebbra" Africana. Isolamento e identificazione di M. ulcerans in prelievi bioptici provenienti da pazienti del Benin

Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, a slow growing mycobacterium which classically infects the skin and the subcutaneous tissues generating indolent ulcers, is, after tuberculosis and leprosy, the third most common mycobacterial infection and has emerged as an important cause of human di...

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Main Authors: Danila Costa, Enrico Tortoli, Dorothy Passidomo, Vittorio Gaudiomonte, Anna Grimaldi, Giovanni Ostuni, Francesco Sisto, Valeria Navach, Michele Quarto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2006-03-01
Series:Microbiologia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/2952