[Buruli ulcer: an exported pathology].
METHODS
A nine-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast was admitted to hospital because of extremely serious Buruli ulcers.


CONCLUSIONS
Surgery is the only treatment available. Moreover, the surgical excision has to be wide; both open and closed wounds have to be removed to give significant improvements.
Souillac
G
G
Service de pédiatrie générale, hôpital Robert-Debré, 48, boulevard Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France.
Fitoussi
F N
FN
Fitoussi
F M
FM
Penneçot
G F
GF
Bourrillon
A
A
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D019911:Mycobacterium ulcerans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011379:Prognosis; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery