Spontaneous Clearance of a Secondary Buruli Ulcer Lesion Emerging Ten Months after Completion of Chemotherapy—A Case Report from Togo

Marcus Beissner; Ebekalisai Piten; Issaka Maman; Dominik Symank; Moritz Jansson; Jörg Nitschke; Komi Amekuse; Basil Kobara; Franz Wiedemann; Harald Hoffmann; Adolf Diefenhardt; Kossi Badziklou; Abiba Banla Kere; Thomas Löscher; Gisela Bretzel

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001747

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Spontaneous Clearance of a Secondary Buruli Ulcer Lesion Emerging Ten Months after Completion of Chemotherapy—A Case Report from Togo

Marcus Beissner ,

* E-mail: beissner@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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Ebekalisai Piten,

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Régional Maritime (CHR Maritime), Tsévié, Togo
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Issaka Maman,

Affiliation Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Lomé, Togo
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Dominik Symank,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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Moritz Jansson,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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Jörg Nitschke,

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany, German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW), Würzburg, Germany
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Komi Amekuse,

Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW), Togo office, Lomé, Togo
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Basil Kobara,

Affiliation Programme National de Lutte contre L'Ulcère de Buruli – Lèpre et Pian (PNLUB-LP), Lomé, Togo
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Franz Wiedemann,

Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW), Togo office, Lomé, Togo
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Harald Hoffmann,

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Laboratory Medicine, Pneumological Teaching Hospital of the University of Munich, Gauting, Germany
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Adolf Diefenhardt,

Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW), Würzburg, Germany
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Kossi Badziklou,

Affiliation Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Lomé, Togo
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Abiba Banla Kere,

Affiliation Institut National d'Hygiène (INH), Lomé, Togo
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Thomas Löscher,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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Gisela Bretzel

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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Spontaneous Clearance of a Secondary Buruli Ulcer Lesion Emerging Ten Months after Completion of Chemotherapy—A Case Report from Togo

Marcus Beissner,
Ebekalisai Piten,
Issaka Maman,
Dominik Symank,
Moritz Jansson,
Jörg Nitschke,
Komi Amekuse,
Basil Kobara,
Franz Wiedemann,
Harald Hoffmann

Published: July 31, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001747

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