Treatment Outcome of Patients with Buruli Ulcer Disease in Togo

Marcus Beissner; Nathalie Arens; Franz Wiedemann; Ebekalisaï Piten; Basile Kobara; Malkin Bauer; Karl-Heinz Herbinger; Kossi Badziklou; Abiba Banla Kere; Thomas Löscher; Jörg Nitschke; Gisela Bretzel

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004170

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Treatment Outcome of Patients with Buruli Ulcer Disease in 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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Nathalie Arens,

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

Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Togo Office (DAHW-T), Lomé, Togo
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Ebekalisaï Piten,

Affiliation Centre Hospitalier Régional Maritime, Tsévié (CHR-Tsévié), Togo
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Basile Kobara,

Affiliation Programme National de lutte contre l'Ulcère de Buruli, la Lèpre et le Pian (PNLUB-LP), Lomé, Togo
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Malkin Bauer,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (DITM), University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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Karl-Heinz Herbinger,

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

Affiliation Institut National d’Hygiène (INH), Ministère de la Santé, Lomé, Togo
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Abiba Banla Kere,

Affiliation Institut National d’Hygiène (INH), Ministère de la Santé, 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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Jörg Nitschke,

Affiliation German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Togo Office (DAHW-T), Lomé, Togo
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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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Treatment Outcome of Patients with Buruli Ulcer Disease in Togo

Marcus Beissner,
Nathalie Arens,
Franz Wiedemann,
Ebekalisaï Piten,
Basile Kobara,
Malkin Bauer,
Karl-Heinz Herbinger,
Kossi Badziklou,
Abiba Banla Kere,
Thomas Löscher

Published: October 16, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004170

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