How our molecular understanding of the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection can improve diagnosis of Buruli ulcer

Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2024 Jan-Feb;24(1-2):1-4. doi: 10.1080/14737159.2023.2294333. Epub 2023 Dec 14.

Authors

Gerd Pluschke^{1

2}, Louisa Warryn^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland.
² University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 38073533
DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2023.2294333

No abstract available

Keywords: Buruli ulcer; Mycobacterium ulcerans; diagnostic; mycolactone; point-of-care test.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Buruli Ulcer* / diagnosis
Buruli Ulcer* / microbiology
Humans
Macrolides
Mycobacterium ulcerans* / genetics

Substances

Macrolides