Abstract Purpose of Review This review describes recent trends in the epidemiology of
nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), emerging pathogens, new insights into NTM …

Buruli ulcer is a noncontagious disabling cutaneous and subcutaneous mycobacteriosis
reported by 33 countries in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and South America. The causative agent …

Acute appendicitis (AA) is a common abdominal emergency with a lifetime prevalence of
about 7%. As the clinical diagnosis of AA remains a challenge to emergency physicians and …

Mycobacterial diseases are a major public health challenge. Their causative agents include,
in order of impact, members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (causing …

Buruli ulcer (BU) is a neglected tropical skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Infection foci occur mainly in remote, rural areas of Central and West Africa, but also in …

Background Buruli ulcer is a necrotizing cutaneous infection caused by infection with
Mycobacterium ulcerans bacteria that occurs mainly in tropical and subtropical regions. The …

Background Buruli ulcer (BU), also known as Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, is the third
most common mycobacterial disease worldwide. Although BU disease has been diagnosed …

Mycobacterium ulcerans causes Buruli ulcer, a neglected tropical skin disease manifesting
as chronic wounds that can leave victims with major, life‐long deformity and disability …

Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a chronic necrotizing
human skin disease associated with the production of the cytotoxic macrolide exotoxin …

Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans and characterized by devastating
necrotizing skin lesions, is the third mycobacterial disease worldwide. The role of host …