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Comparative Study
. 2010 Jun;48(6):2263-4.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00558-10. Epub 2010 Apr 7.

Use of fine-needle aspiration for diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

Viviane Cassisa  1 , Annick Chauty, Estelle Marion, Marie Françoise Ardant, Sara Eyangoh, Jane Cottin, Jacques Aubry, Hugues Koussemou, Bénédicte Lelièvre, Séverine Férec, Fredj Tekaia, Christian Johnson, Laurent Marsollier
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Comparative Study

Use of fine-needle aspiration for diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

Viviane Cassisa et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jun.

Abstract

Noninvasive methods for the bacteriological diagnosis of early-stage Mycobacterium ulcerans infection are not available. It was recently shown that fine-needle aspiration (FNA) could be used for diagnosing M. ulcerans infection in ulcerative lesions. We report that FNA is an appropriate sampling method for diagnosing M. ulcerans infection in nonulcerative lesions.

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