Detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in environmental samples during an outbreak of ulcerative disease.
Appl Environ Microbiol
; 63(10): 4135-8, 1997 Oct.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9327583
ABSTRACT
Mycobacterium ulcerans is an environmental bacterium which causes chronic skin ulcers. Despite significant epidemiological evidence to suggest that water is the source of infection, the organism has never been identified in the environment. Environmental water samples were collected from a small town in which an outbreak of 29 cases had occurred in a 3-year period. These were examined by mycobacterial culture and PCR amplification. Similar to previous studies, M. ulcerans was not cultured from the water samples. However, five samples were positive for M. ulcerans by PCR. These samples were collected from a swamp and a golf course irrigation system within the outbreak area. This is the first time that M. ulcerans has been demonstrated to be present in the environment and supports the postulated epidemiology of disease due to this organism.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
3_ND
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Úlcera Cutânea
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Microbiologia da Água
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Surtos de Doenças
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Mycobacterium ulcerans
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Infecções por Mycobacterium não Tuberculosas
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Appl Environ Microbiol
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article