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Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients,Ghana |
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| Authors: | Richard O. Phillips Michael Frimpong Fred S. Sarfo Birte Kretschmer Marcus Beissner Alexander Debrah Yaw Ampem-Amoako Kabiru M. Abass William Thompson Mabel Sarpong Duah Justice Abotsi Ohene Adjei Bernhard Fleischer Gisela Bretzel Mark Wansbrough-Jones Marc Jacobsen |
| Abstract: | During August 2010–December 2012, we conducted a study of patients in Ghana who had Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, and found that 23% were co-infected with Mansonella perstans nematodes; 13% of controls also had M. perstans infection. M. perstans co-infection should be considered in the diagnosis and treatment of Buruli ulcer. |
| Keywords: | Mycobacterium ulcerans Buruli ulcer Mansonella perstans co-infection bacteria Ghana parasites nematodes filariae |