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First case of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Bairnsdale or Buruli ulcer) acquired in New South Wales.
- Source :
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The Medical journal of Australia [Med J Aust] 2007 Jan 15; Vol. 186 (2), pp. 62-3. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- Mycobacterium ulcerans is a slow-growing environmental bacterium that causes Buruli ulcer (also known as Bairnsdale ulcer in Victoria and Daintree ulcer in northern Queensland). We describe two patients with laboratory-confirmed Buruli ulcer who were infected either in New South Wales or overseas. A molecular epidemiological investigation demonstrated that, while one case was probably acquired in Papua New Guinea, the other was most likely to have been acquired in southern NSW. To our knowledge, this is the first case of M. ulcerans infection acquired in NSW.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Environmental Microbiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium ulcerans genetics
Papua New Guinea
Skin Diseases, Bacterial etiology
Skin Ulcer microbiology
Tandem Repeat Sequences
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous etiology
Mycobacterium ulcerans isolation & purification
Skin Ulcer etiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0025-729X
- Volume :
- 186
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Medical journal of Australia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17223764
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00801.x