PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, ISSN 1935-2735, 04/2016, Volume 10, Issue 4, p. e0004594
INTRODUCTION: Buruli ulcer (BU) is the third most frequent mycobacterial disease in immunocompetent persons after tuberculosis and leprosy. During the last...
MANAGEMENT | TUBERCULOSIS | MYCOBACTERIUM-ULCERANS | CLINICAL-EFFICACY | DISEASE | ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT | INFECTION | ANTIBIOTIC-TREATMENT | MYCOLACTONE | VITAMIN-D DEFICIENCY | Genetic Predisposition to Disease | Humans | Genotype | Male | Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic | Vitamin D - blood | Anti-Infective Agents - administration & dosage | Radioimmunoassay | Treatment Failure | Buruli Ulcer - genetics | Cation Transport Proteins - genetics | Female | Vitamin D - analogs & derivatives | Buruli Ulcer - pathology | Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide | Buruli Ulcer - drug therapy | Care and treatment | Vitamin D | Buruli ulcer | Genetic variation | Calcifediol | Dosage and administration | Genetic aspects | Alfacalcidol | Research | Genetic polymorphisms | Studies | Genotype & phenotype | Tuberculosis | Disease | Antibiotics | Ulcers | Leprosy | Vitamin deficiency | Health risk assessment | Localization | Tropical diseases
MANAGEMENT | TUBERCULOSIS | MYCOBACTERIUM-ULCERANS | CLINICAL-EFFICACY | DISEASE | ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT | INFECTION | ANTIBIOTIC-TREATMENT | MYCOLACTONE | VITAMIN-D DEFICIENCY | Genetic Predisposition to Disease | Humans | Genotype | Male | Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic | Vitamin D - blood | Anti-Infective Agents - administration & dosage | Radioimmunoassay | Treatment Failure | Buruli Ulcer - genetics | Cation Transport Proteins - genetics | Female | Vitamin D - analogs & derivatives | Buruli Ulcer - pathology | Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide | Buruli Ulcer - drug therapy | Care and treatment | Vitamin D | Buruli ulcer | Genetic variation | Calcifediol | Dosage and administration | Genetic aspects | Alfacalcidol | Research | Genetic polymorphisms | Studies | Genotype & phenotype | Tuberculosis | Disease | Antibiotics | Ulcers | Leprosy | Vitamin deficiency | Health risk assessment | Localization | Tropical diseases
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, ISSN 1935-2727, 04/2016, Volume 10, Issue 4, p. e0004671
Buruli ulcer (BU) is a severe necrotizing human skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. Clinically, presentation is a sum of these diverse pathogenic...
Autophagy-Related Proteins | Genetic Predisposition to Disease | Risk Assessment | Humans | Male | Nod2 Signaling Adaptor Protein - genetics | Buruli Ulcer - epidemiology | Genotyping Techniques | Mycobacterium ulcerans - immunology | Autophagy | Host-Pathogen Interactions | Young Adult | Carrier Proteins - genetics | Adolescent | Buruli Ulcer - genetics | Adult | Female | Buruli Ulcer - pathology | Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide | Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases - genetics | Child | Autophagy (Cytology) | Development and progression | Buruli ulcer | Genetic variation | Analysis | Risk factors | Haplotypes | Health care | Pathogens | Disease | Funding | Genes | Genomics | Infections | Gender | Ulcers | Skin diseases | Cytoskeleton | Influence
Autophagy-Related Proteins | Genetic Predisposition to Disease | Risk Assessment | Humans | Male | Nod2 Signaling Adaptor Protein - genetics | Buruli Ulcer - epidemiology | Genotyping Techniques | Mycobacterium ulcerans - immunology | Autophagy | Host-Pathogen Interactions | Young Adult | Carrier Proteins - genetics | Adolescent | Buruli Ulcer - genetics | Adult | Female | Buruli Ulcer - pathology | Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide | Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases - genetics | Child | Autophagy (Cytology) | Development and progression | Buruli ulcer | Genetic variation | Analysis | Risk factors | Haplotypes | Health care | Pathogens | Disease | Funding | Genes | Genomics | Infections | Gender | Ulcers | Skin diseases | Cytoskeleton | Influence
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Mammalian Genome, ISSN 0938-8990, 8/2018, Volume 29, Issue 7, pp. 523 - 538
Mycobacterial diseases are caused by members of the genus Mycobacterium, acid-fast bacteria characterized by the presence of mycolic acids within their cell...
Life Sciences | Human Genetics | Cell Biology | Animal Genetics and Genomics | COMMON VARIANTS | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | LEPROSY SUSCEPTIBILITY | BURULI ULCER | LOCUS | INFECTIOUS-DISEASES | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | GENETICS & HEREDITY | PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS | LINKAGE ANALYSIS | SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS | RNA EXPRESSION | GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION | Genetic Predisposition to Disease | Genome-Wide Association Study | Genetic Association Studies | Leprosy - microbiology | Humans | Mycobacterium - physiology | Tuberculosis - microbiology | Leprosy - immunology | Mycobacterium Infections - immunology | Host-Pathogen Interactions - immunology | Tuberculosis - immunology | Buruli Ulcer - immunology | Animals | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Host-Pathogen Interactions - genetics | Tuberculosis - genetics | Mycobacterium Infections - genetics | Buruli Ulcer - genetics | Mycobacterium Infections - microbiology | Quantitative Trait Loci | Leprosy - genetics | Genetic Linkage | Tuberculosis | Disease | Cell walls | Complications | Buruli ulcer | Leprosy | Skin diseases | Mycolic acids | Genomes | Genetic factors | Gene expression
Life Sciences | Human Genetics | Cell Biology | Animal Genetics and Genomics | COMMON VARIANTS | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | LEPROSY SUSCEPTIBILITY | BURULI ULCER | LOCUS | INFECTIOUS-DISEASES | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | GENETICS & HEREDITY | PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS | LINKAGE ANALYSIS | SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS | RNA EXPRESSION | GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION | Genetic Predisposition to Disease | Genome-Wide Association Study | Genetic Association Studies | Leprosy - microbiology | Humans | Mycobacterium - physiology | Tuberculosis - microbiology | Leprosy - immunology | Mycobacterium Infections - immunology | Host-Pathogen Interactions - immunology | Tuberculosis - immunology | Buruli Ulcer - immunology | Animals | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Host-Pathogen Interactions - genetics | Tuberculosis - genetics | Mycobacterium Infections - genetics | Buruli Ulcer - genetics | Mycobacterium Infections - microbiology | Quantitative Trait Loci | Leprosy - genetics | Genetic Linkage | Tuberculosis | Disease | Cell walls | Complications | Buruli ulcer | Leprosy | Skin diseases | Mycolic acids | Genomes | Genetic factors | Gene expression
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, ISSN 1935-2727, 04/2018, Volume 12, Issue 4, p. e0006429
Buruli ulcer (BU), the third most frequent mycobacteriosis worldwide, is a neglected tropical disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. We report the clinical...
SEQUENCING-BASED DISCOVERY | IMMUNITY | RECEPTOR BETA-1 DEFICIENCY | HUMAN BETA-DEFENSIN-2 | TUBERCULOSIS | MYCOBACTERIUM-ULCERANS | DISEASE | INFECTION | ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES | EXPRESSION | PARASITOLOGY | TROPICAL MEDICINE | Benin | Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8 - genetics | Sequence Deletion | Genome-Wide Association Study | Mycobacterium ulcerans - physiology | Humans | Child, Preschool | Genotype | Male | Whole Exome Sequencing | Phenotype | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Pedigree | Adolescent | Buruli Ulcer - genetics | Female | Consanguinity | Genetic Linkage | Buruli ulcer | Chromosomes | Research | Laboratories | Funding | Infections | Genomes | Gene deletion | Immunology | Clonal deletion | Genetic analysis | Deletion | Genetics | Supervision | Predictive control | Linkage analysis | Cytokines | Gene expression | Ribonucleic acid--RNA | Patients | Hospitals | Tuberculosis | Infectious diseases | Genotyping | Ulcers | Chromosome 8 | Skin | Mycobacteriosis | Non-coding RNA | Life Sciences | Cancer | RNA | Ribonucleic acid
SEQUENCING-BASED DISCOVERY | IMMUNITY | RECEPTOR BETA-1 DEFICIENCY | HUMAN BETA-DEFENSIN-2 | TUBERCULOSIS | MYCOBACTERIUM-ULCERANS | DISEASE | INFECTION | ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES | EXPRESSION | PARASITOLOGY | TROPICAL MEDICINE | Benin | Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8 - genetics | Sequence Deletion | Genome-Wide Association Study | Mycobacterium ulcerans - physiology | Humans | Child, Preschool | Genotype | Male | Whole Exome Sequencing | Phenotype | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Pedigree | Adolescent | Buruli Ulcer - genetics | Female | Consanguinity | Genetic Linkage | Buruli ulcer | Chromosomes | Research | Laboratories | Funding | Infections | Genomes | Gene deletion | Immunology | Clonal deletion | Genetic analysis | Deletion | Genetics | Supervision | Predictive control | Linkage analysis | Cytokines | Gene expression | Ribonucleic acid--RNA | Patients | Hospitals | Tuberculosis | Infectious diseases | Genotyping | Ulcers | Chromosome 8 | Skin | Mycobacteriosis | Non-coding RNA | Life Sciences | Cancer | RNA | Ribonucleic acid
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Genome biology and evolution, ISSN 1759-6653, 03/2017, Volume 9, Issue 3, pp. 414 - 426
Buruli ulcer (BU) is an insidious neglected tropical disease. Cases are reported around the world but the rural regions of West and Central Africa are most...
bacterial pathogen transmission | microbial population genomics | molecular evolution | phylogeography | RECOMBINATION | READ ALIGNMENT | PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS | CAUSATIVE AGENT | GENOME | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | TRANSMISSION | DISEASE BURULI ULCER | REDUCTIVE EVOLUTION | GENETICS & HEREDITY | POPULATION-STRUCTURE | INFECTION | Genetics, Population | Genome, Bacterial | Humans | Africa | Phylogeny | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Genetic Variation | Buruli Ulcer - transmission | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Mycobacterium ulcerans - genetics | Mycobacterium ulcerans - pathogenicity | Buruli Ulcer - genetics | Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide | Evolution, Molecular
bacterial pathogen transmission | microbial population genomics | molecular evolution | phylogeography | RECOMBINATION | READ ALIGNMENT | PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS | CAUSATIVE AGENT | GENOME | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | TRANSMISSION | DISEASE BURULI ULCER | REDUCTIVE EVOLUTION | GENETICS & HEREDITY | POPULATION-STRUCTURE | INFECTION | Genetics, Population | Genome, Bacterial | Humans | Africa | Phylogeny | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Genetic Variation | Buruli Ulcer - transmission | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Mycobacterium ulcerans - genetics | Mycobacterium ulcerans - pathogenicity | Buruli Ulcer - genetics | Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide | Evolution, Molecular
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Susceptibility to Buruli ulcer is associated with the SLC11A1 (NRAMP1) D543N polymorphism
GENES AND IMMUNITY, ISSN 1466-4879, 04/2006, Volume 7, Issue 3, pp. 185 - 189
Similar to other mycobacterial diseases, susceptibility to Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection) may be determined by host genetic factors. We...
GENE | Buruli ulcer | SLC11A1 | WEST AFRICANS | genetic susceptibility | NRAMP1 | UMCG Approved | LEPROSY | Genetic susceptibility | GENETICS & HEREDITY | IMMUNOLOGY | Genetic Predisposition to Disease | Gene Frequency | Humans | Skin Ulcer - genetics | Male | Skin Ulcer - microbiology | Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - complications | Polymorphism, Genetic | Aspartic Acid - genetics | Mycobacterium ulcerans | Adolescent | Adult | Cation Transport Proteins - genetics | Female | Aspartic Acid - chemistry | Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - genetics | Child | Amino Acid Substitution | Asparagine - chemistry | Asparagine - genetics | Mycobacterium | Care and treatment | Usage | Mycobacteria | Genetic aspects | Research | Health aspects | Risk factors | Genetic polymorphisms
GENE | Buruli ulcer | SLC11A1 | WEST AFRICANS | genetic susceptibility | NRAMP1 | UMCG Approved | LEPROSY | Genetic susceptibility | GENETICS & HEREDITY | IMMUNOLOGY | Genetic Predisposition to Disease | Gene Frequency | Humans | Skin Ulcer - genetics | Male | Skin Ulcer - microbiology | Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - complications | Polymorphism, Genetic | Aspartic Acid - genetics | Mycobacterium ulcerans | Adolescent | Adult | Cation Transport Proteins - genetics | Female | Aspartic Acid - chemistry | Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - genetics | Child | Amino Acid Substitution | Asparagine - chemistry | Asparagine - genetics | Mycobacterium | Care and treatment | Usage | Mycobacteria | Genetic aspects | Research | Health aspects | Risk factors | Genetic polymorphisms
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, ISSN 1935-2735, 02/2015, Volume 9, Issue 2, p. e0003421
Background Buruli ulcer (BU) is a necrotizing skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. Previous studies have shown that wounds of BU patients are...
SKIN INFECTIONS | STRAINS | RESISTANT | TOXIN | MYCOBACTERIUM-ULCERANS | DISEASE | COLONIZATION | EPIDERMOLYSIS-BULLOSA | NASAL CARRIAGE | FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS | MECHANISMS | INFECTION | IDENTIFICATION | CARE | PARASITOLOGY | TROPICAL MEDICINE | Mycobacterium ulcerans - isolation & purification | Humans | Male | Ghana | Staphylococcal Infections - complications | Buruli Ulcer - complications | Microbial Sensitivity Tests | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - pathogenicity | Coinfection - microbiology | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Mycobacterium ulcerans - genetics | Bacterial Typing Techniques | Mycobacterium ulcerans - pathogenicity | Minisatellite Repeats - genetics | Adult | Female | Genetic Variation - genetics | Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification | Nose - microbiology | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - genetics | Care and treatment | Genetic aspects | Buruli ulcer | Identification and classification | Health aspects | Staphylococcus aureus | Studies | Microorganisms | Wound healing | Hospitals | Antibiotics | Skin diseases | Staphylococcus infections | Genetic diversity | Patients | Bacteriology | Hygiene
SKIN INFECTIONS | STRAINS | RESISTANT | TOXIN | MYCOBACTERIUM-ULCERANS | DISEASE | COLONIZATION | EPIDERMOLYSIS-BULLOSA | NASAL CARRIAGE | FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS | MECHANISMS | INFECTION | IDENTIFICATION | CARE | PARASITOLOGY | TROPICAL MEDICINE | Mycobacterium ulcerans - isolation & purification | Humans | Male | Ghana | Staphylococcal Infections - complications | Buruli Ulcer - complications | Microbial Sensitivity Tests | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - pathogenicity | Coinfection - microbiology | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Mycobacterium ulcerans - genetics | Bacterial Typing Techniques | Mycobacterium ulcerans - pathogenicity | Minisatellite Repeats - genetics | Adult | Female | Genetic Variation - genetics | Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification | Nose - microbiology | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - genetics | Care and treatment | Genetic aspects | Buruli ulcer | Identification and classification | Health aspects | Staphylococcus aureus | Studies | Microorganisms | Wound healing | Hospitals | Antibiotics | Skin diseases | Staphylococcus infections | Genetic diversity | Patients | Bacteriology | Hygiene
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PLoS ONE, ISSN 1932-6203, 02/2014, Volume 9, Issue 2, p. e88007
Culture of Mycobacterium ulcerans from Buruli ulcer patients has very low sensitivity. Thus confirmation of M. ulcerans infection is primarily based on PCR...
FISH | DIAGNOSIS | EVOLUTION | CAUSATIVE AGENT | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | GENOME | Genetic Variation | Mycobacterium ulcerans - isolation & purification | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Biopsy | Mycobacterium ulcerans - genetics | Humans | Minisatellite Repeats - genetics | Buruli Ulcer - pathology | Ghana | Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods | Multiculturalism | Medicine, Experimental | Medical research | Genetic aspects | Analysis | Biological diversity | Laboratories | Tissue culture | Cultures | Infections | Histology | Genomes | Genetic diversity | Epidemiology | Patients | Polymerase chain reaction | Fish diseases | Sensitivity | Microscopy | Buruli ulcer | Ulcers | Bacteria | Genotypes | Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA | Teaching hospitals | Deoxyribonucleic acid | DNA
FISH | DIAGNOSIS | EVOLUTION | CAUSATIVE AGENT | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | GENOME | Genetic Variation | Mycobacterium ulcerans - isolation & purification | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Biopsy | Mycobacterium ulcerans - genetics | Humans | Minisatellite Repeats - genetics | Buruli Ulcer - pathology | Ghana | Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods | Multiculturalism | Medicine, Experimental | Medical research | Genetic aspects | Analysis | Biological diversity | Laboratories | Tissue culture | Cultures | Infections | Histology | Genomes | Genetic diversity | Epidemiology | Patients | Polymerase chain reaction | Fish diseases | Sensitivity | Microscopy | Buruli ulcer | Ulcers | Bacteria | Genotypes | Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA | Teaching hospitals | Deoxyribonucleic acid | DNA
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Infection, Genetics and Evolution, ISSN 1567-1348, 04/2012, Volume 12, Issue 3, pp. 522 - 529
â–º We review genome, evolution and genetic diversity of â–º Evolution is dominated by acquisition of a virulence plasmid. â–º Extensive genome downsizing and...
Plasmid pMUM001 | Clonal population structure | Mycobacterium ulcerans | Mycolactone | Genetic typing | Reductive evolution | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | POLYKETIDE TOXIN | NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS | BURULI ULCER | DRUG-RESISTANCE | PROFILE ANALYSIS | FRAGMENT-LENGTH-POLYMORPHISM | GENETIC DIVERSITY | MYCOLACTONE-PRODUCING MYCOBACTERIA | POPULATION-STRUCTURE | CLINICAL ISOLATE | Genome, Bacterial | Chromosomes, Bacterial - genetics | Virulence Factors - genetics | Mycobacterium ulcerans - classification | Humans | Macrolides - metabolism | Phylogeny | Plasmids - metabolism | DNA Transposable Elements | Genetic Variation | Mycobacterium ulcerans - metabolism | Chromosomes, Bacterial - metabolism | Animals | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Mycobacterium ulcerans - genetics | Mycobacterium ulcerans - pathogenicity | Plasmids - genetics | Mycobacterium marinum - genetics | Virulence Factors - metabolism | Mycobacterium marinum - metabolism | Evolution, Molecular | Genomics | Universities and colleges | Biological diversity
Plasmid pMUM001 | Clonal population structure | Mycobacterium ulcerans | Mycolactone | Genetic typing | Reductive evolution | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | POLYKETIDE TOXIN | NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS | BURULI ULCER | DRUG-RESISTANCE | PROFILE ANALYSIS | FRAGMENT-LENGTH-POLYMORPHISM | GENETIC DIVERSITY | MYCOLACTONE-PRODUCING MYCOBACTERIA | POPULATION-STRUCTURE | CLINICAL ISOLATE | Genome, Bacterial | Chromosomes, Bacterial - genetics | Virulence Factors - genetics | Mycobacterium ulcerans - classification | Humans | Macrolides - metabolism | Phylogeny | Plasmids - metabolism | DNA Transposable Elements | Genetic Variation | Mycobacterium ulcerans - metabolism | Chromosomes, Bacterial - metabolism | Animals | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Mycobacterium ulcerans - genetics | Mycobacterium ulcerans - pathogenicity | Plasmids - genetics | Mycobacterium marinum - genetics | Virulence Factors - metabolism | Mycobacterium marinum - metabolism | Evolution, Molecular | Genomics | Universities and colleges | Biological diversity
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, ISSN 1935-2727, 08/2012, Volume 6, Issue 8, p. e1764
Background: The reservoir and mode of transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, remain unknown. Ecological, genetic and...
REAL-TIME PCR | ACANTHAMOEBA-CASTELLANII | AVIUM | CAUSATIVE AGENT | GROWTH | SP NOV | COCULTURE | IDENTIFICATION | VIRULENCE | PARASITOLOGY | TROPICAL MEDICINE | FREE-LIVING AMEBAS | Humans | Molecular Sequence Data | DNA, Bacterial - chemistry | Ghana | Buruli Ulcer - epidemiology | Microbial Viability | Sequence Analysis, DNA | DNA Transposable Elements | Mycobacterium - isolation & purification | Buruli Ulcer - transmission | DNA, Bacterial - genetics | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Environmental Microbiology | Disease Reservoirs | Amoeba - microbiology | Phagocytosis | Mycobacterium | Care and treatment | Buruli ulcer | Mycobacteria | Development and progression | Research | Health aspects | Epidemiology | Amoeba
REAL-TIME PCR | ACANTHAMOEBA-CASTELLANII | AVIUM | CAUSATIVE AGENT | GROWTH | SP NOV | COCULTURE | IDENTIFICATION | VIRULENCE | PARASITOLOGY | TROPICAL MEDICINE | FREE-LIVING AMEBAS | Humans | Molecular Sequence Data | DNA, Bacterial - chemistry | Ghana | Buruli Ulcer - epidemiology | Microbial Viability | Sequence Analysis, DNA | DNA Transposable Elements | Mycobacterium - isolation & purification | Buruli Ulcer - transmission | DNA, Bacterial - genetics | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Environmental Microbiology | Disease Reservoirs | Amoeba - microbiology | Phagocytosis | Mycobacterium | Care and treatment | Buruli ulcer | Mycobacteria | Development and progression | Research | Health aspects | Epidemiology | Amoeba
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BMC Genomics, ISSN 1471-2164, 06/2012, Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 258 - 258
Background: Mycobacterium ulcerans is an unusual bacterial pathogen with elusive origins. While closely related to the aquatic dwelling M. marinum, M. ulcerans...
GENOME SEQUENCE | PROTEIN | MYCOLACTONE-PRODUCING MYCOBACTERIA | REDUCTIVE EVOLUTION | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | TUBERCULOSIS | GENETICS & HEREDITY | PERIPHERAL-BLOOD | DIVERSITY | MARINUM | GENE DECAY | VIRULENCE | Geography | Mycobacterium ulcerans - isolation & purification | Africa | Genetic Loci - genetics | Selection, Genetic | Macrolides - metabolism | Phylogeny | Open Reading Frames - genetics | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Sequence Homology, Amino Acid | Genome, Bacterial - genetics | Pseudogenes - genetics | DNA, Bacterial - genetics | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Time Factors | Mycobacterium ulcerans - genetics | Plasmids - genetics | Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - genetics | Evolution, Molecular | Mycobacterium | Genetic aspects | Research | Bacterial genetics | Mycobacteria | Analysis | Genes | Genomics | Genomes | Single nucleotide polymorphisms | Hypotheses | Ulcers | Colleges & universities | Bacteria | Bayesian analysis | Manuscripts | Pathogens | Cell survival | Cell walls | Data processing | Single-nucleotide polymorphism | Suppressor cells | polyketides | Buruli ulcer | Plasmids | Stem cells | Evolution | Toxins
GENOME SEQUENCE | PROTEIN | MYCOLACTONE-PRODUCING MYCOBACTERIA | REDUCTIVE EVOLUTION | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | TUBERCULOSIS | GENETICS & HEREDITY | PERIPHERAL-BLOOD | DIVERSITY | MARINUM | GENE DECAY | VIRULENCE | Geography | Mycobacterium ulcerans - isolation & purification | Africa | Genetic Loci - genetics | Selection, Genetic | Macrolides - metabolism | Phylogeny | Open Reading Frames - genetics | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Sequence Homology, Amino Acid | Genome, Bacterial - genetics | Pseudogenes - genetics | DNA, Bacterial - genetics | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Time Factors | Mycobacterium ulcerans - genetics | Plasmids - genetics | Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - genetics | Evolution, Molecular | Mycobacterium | Genetic aspects | Research | Bacterial genetics | Mycobacteria | Analysis | Genes | Genomics | Genomes | Single nucleotide polymorphisms | Hypotheses | Ulcers | Colleges & universities | Bacteria | Bayesian analysis | Manuscripts | Pathogens | Cell survival | Cell walls | Data processing | Single-nucleotide polymorphism | Suppressor cells | polyketides | Buruli ulcer | Plasmids | Stem cells | Evolution | Toxins
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, ISSN 1080-6040, 05/2017, Volume 23, Issue 5, pp. 837 - 840
We conducted epidemiologic and genetic analyses of family clusters of Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) disease in southeastern Australia. We found that...
INFECTIOUS DISEASES | MOSQUITOS | ECOLOGY | INSECTS | SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA | BURULI ULCER | IMMUNOLOGY | Genome, Viral | Mycobacterium ulcerans - isolation & purification | Mycobacterium ulcerans - classification | Humans | Middle Aged | Child, Preschool | Male | Risk | Buruli Ulcer - epidemiology | Environmental Exposure | Phylogeny | Australia - epidemiology | Incidence | Young Adult | Buruli Ulcer - transmission | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Mycobacterium ulcerans - genetics | Adolescent | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Female | Aged | Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide | Child | infection | bacteria | transmission family clusters | Disease, Australia | Dispatch | epidemiology | Mycobacterium ulcerans | exposure risk | Buruli ulcer | tuberculosis and other mycobacteria | genome sequencing | Mycobacterium ulcerans disease | Australia | human-to-human transmission | Exposure Risk for Infection and Lack of Human-to-Human Transmission of
INFECTIOUS DISEASES | MOSQUITOS | ECOLOGY | INSECTS | SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA | BURULI ULCER | IMMUNOLOGY | Genome, Viral | Mycobacterium ulcerans - isolation & purification | Mycobacterium ulcerans - classification | Humans | Middle Aged | Child, Preschool | Male | Risk | Buruli Ulcer - epidemiology | Environmental Exposure | Phylogeny | Australia - epidemiology | Incidence | Young Adult | Buruli Ulcer - transmission | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Mycobacterium ulcerans - genetics | Adolescent | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Female | Aged | Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide | Child | infection | bacteria | transmission family clusters | Disease, Australia | Dispatch | epidemiology | Mycobacterium ulcerans | exposure risk | Buruli ulcer | tuberculosis and other mycobacteria | genome sequencing | Mycobacterium ulcerans disease | Australia | human-to-human transmission | Exposure Risk for Infection and Lack of Human-to-Human Transmission of
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International Journal of Medical Microbiology, ISSN 1438-4221, 2017, Volume 307, Issue 4-5, pp. 223 - 232
Abstract Buruli ulcer (BU) is a necrotizing infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. BU wounds may also be colonized...
Infectious Disease | Medical Education | Virulence genes | Buruli ulcer | Enterotoxins | Staphylococcus aureus | Mobile genetic elements | TOXINS | SEPSIS | DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS | SHOCK | SUPERANTIGENS | GENES | MRSA | GHANA | MYCOLACTONE | MICROBIOLOGY | VIROLOGY | Leukocidins - genetics | Staphylococcus aureus - genetics | Genes, Bacterial | Virulence Factors - genetics | Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification | Hemolysin Proteins - genetics | Humans | Bacterial Proteins - genetics | Genomic Islands | Wound Healing | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Staphylococcus aureus - pathogenicity | Prophages - genetics | Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis | DNA, Bacterial - genetics | Buruli Ulcer - diagnosis | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Superantigens - genetics | Exotoxins - genetics | Bacterial Toxins - genetics | Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology | Medical research | Transposons | Genes | Genomics | Staphylococcus aureus infections | Medicine, Experimental | Virulence (Microbiology) | Drug resistance in microorganisms | Anopheles | Septic shock | Skin
Infectious Disease | Medical Education | Virulence genes | Buruli ulcer | Enterotoxins | Staphylococcus aureus | Mobile genetic elements | TOXINS | SEPSIS | DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS | SHOCK | SUPERANTIGENS | GENES | MRSA | GHANA | MYCOLACTONE | MICROBIOLOGY | VIROLOGY | Leukocidins - genetics | Staphylococcus aureus - genetics | Genes, Bacterial | Virulence Factors - genetics | Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification | Hemolysin Proteins - genetics | Humans | Bacterial Proteins - genetics | Genomic Islands | Wound Healing | Sequence Analysis, DNA | Staphylococcus aureus - pathogenicity | Prophages - genetics | Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis | DNA, Bacterial - genetics | Buruli Ulcer - diagnosis | Buruli Ulcer - microbiology | Superantigens - genetics | Exotoxins - genetics | Bacterial Toxins - genetics | Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology | Medical research | Transposons | Genes | Genomics | Staphylococcus aureus infections | Medicine, Experimental | Virulence (Microbiology) | Drug resistance in microorganisms | Anopheles | Septic shock | Skin
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