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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 38(2), 1988, pp. 391-392
Copyright © 1988 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Mycobacterium ulcerans Infections in Papua New Guinea: Correlation of Clinical, Histological, and Microbiologic Features

Joseph Dogodo Igo AND Durhakula Prasantha Murthy
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Papua New Guinea, Boroko, P.O. Box 5623, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Biopsy material from 46 cases clinically diagnosed as Mycobacterium ulcerans infection was studied. The disease was found to be most frequent in East Sepik Province, and in the first decade of life. In these 46 cases the histological features were characteristic and acid-fast bacilli were seen in tissue sections.

Accepted for publication July 24, 1987.






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