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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2006-03-01
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Series: | Microbiologia Medica |
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Online Access: | http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/2952 |