First case of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Bairnsdale or Buruli ulcer) acquired in New South Wales
Lavendar, Caroline J; Senanayake, Sanjaya; Fyfe, Janet A; Buntine, John A; Globan, Maria; Stinear, Timothy P; Hayman, John A; Johnson, Paul D R
Description
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...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2007 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/31451 |
Source: | Medical Journal of Australia |
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