Mycobacterium ulcerans
Identification and Characterization of IS2404 and IS2606: Two Distinct Repeated Sequences for Detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans by PCR
... of Mycobacterium ulcerans has revealed two new insertion sequences (ISs), IS2404 and ...M. ulcerans genomic DNA containing a repetitive ...M. ulcerans. However, by PCR, IS2606 was also found ...
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A survey on Mycobacterium ulcerans in mosquitoes and march flies captured from endemic areas of northern Queensland, Australia
... Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer ...M. ulcerans in Victo- ria, however the specific mode of transmission of this disease is still far from being well ...M. ...
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Survey of local fauna from endemic areas of northern Queensland, Australia for the presence of Mycobacterium ulcerans
... Buruli ulcer (BU), locally known as Daintree ulcer in northern Queensland, Australia, is a nontuberculous infection of the skin caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU). The disease is rarely fatal if ...
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Dry Reagent Based PCR as a Novel Tool for Laboratory Confirmation of Clinically Diagnosed Mycobacterium ulcerans Associated Disease in Areas in the Tropics Where M ulcerans Is Endemic
... Cases that meet these clinical definitions are considered probable cases. Confirmed cases require a positive laboratory diagnosis. Because BU is associated with nonspecific clinical manifestations and an indolent course, ...
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Mycobacterium ulcerans Population Genomics To Inform on the Spread of Buruli Ulcer across Central Africa
... M. ulcerans, are still largely ...M. ulcerans strains isolated from all Buruli ulcer foci in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Republic of Congo, and Angola that have ever yielded positive ...M. ...
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Accelerated Detection of Mycolactone Production and Response to Antibiotic Treatment in a Mouse Model of Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease
... organism, Mycobacterium ulcerans, produces a unique toxin, mycolactone A/B (ML) that can be detected by thin layer chromatography (TLC) or mass spectrometric ...M. ulcerans disease to determine the ...
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A quick and cost effective method for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection
... years. Mycobacterium ulcerans stains red (acid-fast bacilli, AFB) in the Ziehl-Neelsen staining procedure but this method has a low sensitivity ...M. ulcerans from clinical samples is difficult and ...
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Rapid Extraction Method of Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA from Clinical Samples of Suspected Buruli Ulcer Patients
... by Mycobacterium ulcerans, have renewed hope for the molecular diagnosis of clinically suspected Buruli ulcer cases in endemic ...M. ulcerans RPA in comparison with standard DNA extraction with ...
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Investigation of potential environmental reservoirs of mycobacterium ulcerans in North Queensland
... pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans ...M. ulcerans subspecies with lower copy number of IS2606 that do not commonly cause disease in ...M. ulcerans DNA in the scat samples collected from a Buruli ...
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Development and Application of Real Time PCR Assay for Quantification of Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA
... by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is, after tuberculosis and leprosy, the third most common mycobacterial ...M. ulcerans is not exactly known, but since Buruli ulcer often occurs in focalized swampy areas, ...
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Effects of Decontamination Methods and Culture Conditions on Viability of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the BACTEC System
... M. ulcerans following the use of each of the decontamination ...M. ulcerans by all of the decontamination methods currently in common ...M. ulcerans in the BACTEC ...
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms on the Road to Strain Differentiation in Mycobacterium ulcerans
... Mycobacterium ulcerans causes the devastating cutaneous disease Buruli ulcer ...M. ulcerans, such elucidation is impossible due to a remarkable lack of genetic diversity on a local geographic scale ...
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Independent Loss of Immunogenic Proteins in Mycobacterium ulcerans Suggests Immune Evasion
... in Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of the emerging human disease Buruli ...M. ulcerans into two distinct ...M. ulcerans strains belonging to the classical ...M. ulcerans to ...
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Support needs of people living with Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) disease in a Ghana rural community: a grounded theory study
... © 2017 The International Society of Dermatology. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Effah, A , Ersser, SJ and Hemingway, A (2017) Support needs of people living with Mycobacterium ...
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Potential animal reservoir of Mycobacterium ulcerans: a systematic review
... Abstract: Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, also known in Australia as Daintree ulcer or Bairnsdale ...M. ulcerans is yet to be ...M. ulcerans is poorly understood ...
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Characterization of an Unusual Mycobacterium: a Possible Missing Link between Mycobacterium marinum and Mycobacterium ulcerans
... by Mycobacterium ulcerans, are mycobacterial diseases with pathophysiologic similarities (both cause necrotizing skin le- sions) and common (aquatic) reservoirs of infection (13, ...M. ulcerans is an ...
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Use of the Immunodominant 18-Kilodalton Small Heat Shock Protein as a Serological Marker for Exposure to Mycobacterium ulcerans
... Buruli ulcer is a chronic necrotizing disease of skin and soft tissue caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. The disease starts as a subcutaneous nodule, papule, or plaque that eventually ul- cerates and ...
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Lack of Insertional Deletional Polymorphism in a Collection of Mycobacterium ulcerans Isolates from Ghanaian Buruli Ulcer Patients
... Mycobacterium ulcerans causes the devastating infectious skin disease Buruli ulcer and has a monomorphic population ...M. ulcerans genome, we have found extensive insertional-deletional sequence ...
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Potential Animal Reservoir of Mycobacterium ulcerans: Systematic Review
... Abstract: Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of the Buruli ulcer, also known, in Australia, 13.. as Daintree ulcer or Bairnsdale ulcer.[r] ...
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Primary cultivation: factors affecting contamination and Mycobacterium ulcerans growth after long turnover time of clinical specimens
... by Mycobacterium ulcerans, has been reported from over 30 countries worldwide with most cases oc- curring in West ...M. ulcerans have remained unclear ...M. ulcerans specific insertion ...
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