Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA Not Detected in Faecal Samples from Buruli Ulcer Patients: Results of a Pilot Study

• Fred S. Sarfo,

  Affiliation Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Caroline J. Lavender,

  Affiliation Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Janet A. M. Fyfe,

  Affiliation Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Paul D. R. Johnson,

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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• Timothy P. Stinear ,

  * E-mail: tstinear@unimelb.edu.au

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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• Richard O. Phillips

  Affiliation Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

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