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Clin Infect Dis
; 52(1): 94-6, 2011 Jan 01.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21148526
RESUMO
Mycobacterium ulcerans infection is responsible for severe skin lesions in sub-Saharan Africa. We enrolled 30 Beninese patients with Buruli ulcers in a pilot study to evaluate efficacy of an oral chemotherapy using rifampicin plus clarithromycin during an 8-week period. The treatment was well tolerated, and all patients were healed by 12 months after initiation of therapy without relapse.