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SUBMITTER: Gupta SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5590560 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20170727 3
Buruli ulcer is an emerging infectious disease caused by <i>Mycobacterium ulcerans</i> that has been reported from 33 countries. Antimicrobial agents either alone or in combination with surgery have been proved to be clinically relevant and therapeutic strategies have been deduced mainly from the empirical experience. The genome sequences of <i>M</i>. <i>ulcerans</i> strain AGY99, <i>M. ulcerans</i> ecovar liflandii, and three <i>Mycobacterium marinum</i> strains were analyzed to predict resista ...[more]