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0002-9637
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1476-1645

 

 

 

 

Case Report: A New Mycobacterium ulcerans Genotype Causing Buruli Ulcer in Côte d’Ivoire

Philippe Bahadoran 1 , Nassim Hammoudi 2 , 3 , Alice Gaudart 4 , Jamal Saad 2 , 3 , Yoan Di Filippo 1 , Michel Drancourt 2 , 3 , and Raymond Ruimy 4 , 5 , 6
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  • 1 Department of Dermatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Université Côte D’Azur, Inserm, Nice, France;
  • 2 IRD, MEPHI, IHU Méditerranée Infection, Aix-Marseille-Université, Marseille, France;
  • 3 IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France;
  • 4 Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Hôpital de l’Archet II, Nice, France;
  • 5 Université Côte D’Azur, Inserm, C3M, Nice, France;
  • 6 Inserm U1065, C3M, Equipe 6, Nice, France
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https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1307
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Mycobacterium ulcerans, the opportunistic pathogen causing Buruli ulcer, is reported to affect rural populations in 36 tropical countries. We report one case of Buruli ulcer in a peri-urban area in Côte d’Ivoire, confirmed by whole genome sequencing which indicated a M. ulcerans genotype previously unreported in Côte d’Ivoire.

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Author Notes

Address correspondence to Raymond Ruimy, Laboratoire de Bacteriologie, 151, Route de St Antoine de Ginestière, Nice 06000, France. E-mail: ruimy.r@chu-nice.fr

Financial support: N. H. obtained a PhD grant from the Fondation Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France. This work was supported by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-17-CE35-0006-01 PRIME, http://www.agencenationale-recherche.fr/) and by the French government under the “Investissements d’Avenir” (Investments in the Future) program managed by the A. N. R. (reference: Méditerranée Infection 10-IAHU-03). This work was supported by Région Le Sud (Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur) and European FEDER IHUBIOTK funding.

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© The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2021
Received:
06 Oct 2020
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Accepted:
18 Jan 2021
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Published Online:
05 Apr 2021
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