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ArticleJournal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases2024

Pilot use of a mycolactone-specific lateral flow assay for Buruli ulcer: A case report from Japan.

Yasuhisa Sakakibara, Michio Konishi, Teruo Ueno, Chiaki Murase, Yuji Miyamoto, Manabu Ato, Dziedzom K de Souza, Marco Biamonte, Gerd Pluschke, Rie R Yotsu

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Article in Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Buruli ulcer.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
    Review
  2. Buruli ulcer: Current landscape, challenges, and future directions.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2025
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yasuhisa SakakibaraDepartment of Pediatrics, Tonami General Hospital, Tonami, Japan.
Michio KonishiDepartment of Pediatrics, Tonami General Hospital, Tonami, Japan.
Teruo UenoDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tonami General Hospital, Tonami, Japan.
Chiaki MuraseDepartment of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Yuji MiyamotoLeprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Manabu AtoLeprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Dziedzom K de SouzaNoguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Marco BiamonteDrugs & Diagnostics for Tropical Diseases, San Diego, USA.
Gerd PluschkeSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Rie R YotsuDepartment of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Buruli ulcer, caused by

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JapanMycobacterium ulceransParadoxical reactionPediatricsPoint-of-care testRapid diagnostic test

Identifiers

PMID39175914
PMCPMC11338991

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