title: A cutaneous ulcer resulting from Mycobacterium ulcerans--Leishmania braziliensis coinfection in South America.
abstract: Buruli ulcer is a tropical skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. Its mode of transmission is not yet clearly understood. We report here a cutaneous ulcer in a European traveler in South America resulting from a coinfection detected specifically for Mycobacterium ulcerans and Leishmania braziliensis DNA with real-time polymerase chain reaction. This observation of a unique cutaneous ulcer raises the issue about possible modes of transmission of those two pathogens by the same vector.
authors: Department of Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers, France. ptidoc_mougin@yahoo.fr
authors: Benjamin
authors: B
authors: Mougin
authors: Martine
authors: M
authors: Avenel-Audran
authors: Lilia
authors: L
authors: Hasseine
authors: Ludovic
authors: L
authors: Martin
authors: Jane
authors: J
authors: Cottin
authors: Christelle
authors: C
authors: Pomares
authors: Pascal
authors: P
authors: Delaunay
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Marty
authors: Christophe
authors: C
authors: Ravel
authors: Dominique
authors: D
authors: Chabasse
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Abgueguen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D054312:Buruli Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D060085:Coinfection; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007892:Leishmania braziliensis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D019911:Mycobacterium ulcerans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013020:South America / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents