1Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
2Université de Montpellier, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs: Ecologie, Génétique, Evolution et Contrôle, Montpellier, France.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Aug 2;105(3):627-629. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0895.
Environmental Mycobacterium ulcerans causes a disabling skin disease called Buruli ulcer. Recent studies completed the knowledge of the evolving geographic extension and epidemiology of Buruli ulcer in West Africa, where Côte d'Ivoire is reporting the highest number of cases. We report seven polymerase chain reaction-documented patients in Burkina Faso, a neighboring country of Côte d'Ivoire, where previously Buruli ulcer cases were confirmed primarily using clinical arguments.
环境分枝杆菌导致一种使人丧失能力的皮肤疾病,称为布鲁里溃疡。最近的研究完成了对西非不断演变的布鲁里溃疡地理扩展和流行病学的认识,科特迪瓦报告的病例数最多。我们报告了布基纳法索的七例聚合酶链反应记录的患者,布基纳法索是科特迪瓦的邻国,以前主要通过临床论据确认布鲁里溃疡病例。