title: First case of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) following a human bite.
abstract: Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (MUD) is rapidly reemerging in many countries, especially in West African countries. Antecedent trauma has often been related to the lesions that characterize this frequently crippling disease. We report here the first case of MUD that followed a human bite at the site where the lesion later occurred.
authors.affiliation: Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Debacker
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zinsou
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aguiar
authors.forename: Wayne M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Portaels
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology*; D019911:Mycobacterium ulcerans / Q000302:isolation & purification*