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- Title
Oral treatment for Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: results from a pilot study in Benin.
- Authors
Chauty, Annick; Ardant, Marie-Françoise; Marsollier, Laurent; Pluschke, Gerd; Landier, Jordi; Adeye, Ambroise; Goundoté, Aimé; Cottin, Jane; Ladikpo, Titilola; Ruf, Therese; Ji, Baohong
- Abstract
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.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2011, Vol 52, Issue 1, p94
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciq072