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First cultivation and characterization of mycobacterium ulcerans from the envir...

Portaels, Françoise; Meyers, Wayne M.; Ablordey, Anthony; Castro, António G.; Chemlal, Karim; Rijk, Pim de; Elsen, Pierre; Fissette, Krista

Background: Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, or Buruli ulcer (BU), is an indolent, necrotizing infection of skin, subcutaneous tissue and, occasionally, bones. It is the third most common human mycobacteriosis worldwide, after tuberculosis and leprosy. There is evidence that M. ulcerans is an environmental pathogen transmitted to humans from aquatic niches; however, well-characterized pure cultures of M. ulceran...


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