Spatiotemporal distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans and other mycolactone producing mycobacteria in southeastern United States

Spatiotemporal distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans and other mycolactone producing mycobacteria in southeastern United States

Buruli ulcer (BU) is a chronic and debilitating skin disease caused by the environmental pathogen, Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU). The primary virulence determinant is mycolactone, a cytotoxic lipid compound unique to MU and its other mycolactone producing mycobacteria (MPM) ecological variants. Althou...

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Main Authors: Magdalene Dogbe, Cody Roberts, Kayla M. Fast, Alex W. Rakestraw, Joseph P. Receveur, Katherine Yoskowitz, Jennifer L. Pechal, Michael W. Sandel, Christine Chevillon, Jean-François Guégan, Mark E. Benbow, Heather R. Jordan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
Subjects:
Mycobacterium ulcerans
Mycobacterium liflandii
mycolactone-producing mycobacteria
Buruli Ulcer
Louisiana
Alabama
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2025.2521853
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