1. Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients, Ghana.
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Phillips, Richard O., Frimpong, Michael, Sarfo, Fred S., Kretschmer, Birte, Beissner, Marcus, Debrah, Alexander, Ampem-Amoako, Yaw, Abass, Kabiru M., Thompson, William, Sarpong Duah, Mabel, Abotsi, Justice, Adjei, Ohene, Fleischer, Bernhard, Bretzel, Gisela, Wansbrough-Jones, Mark, and Jacobsen, Marc
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BURULI ulcer , *MYCOBACTERIAL diseases , *NEMATODES , *BACTERIAL disease treatment , *DIAGNOSIS , *PATIENTS - Abstract
During August 2010-December 2012, we conducted a study of patients in Ghana who had Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, and found that 23% were coinfected with Mansonella perstans nematodes; 13% of controls also had M. perstans infection. M. perstans co-infection should be considered in the diagnosis and treatment of Buruli ulcer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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