RT Book, Section A1 Meyers, Wayne M. A1 Portaels, FrançOise A1 Walsh, Douglas S. A2 Rudolph, Colin D. A2 Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 Lister, George E. A2 First, Lewis R. A2 Gershon, Anne A. SR Print(0) ID 7026817 T1 Chapter 272. Buruli Ulcer (Mycobacterium Ulcerans Infection) T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e YR 2011 FD 2011 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-149723-7 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7026817 RD 2024/03/28 AB Mycobacterium ulcerans causes indolent, necrotizing cutaneous lesions known as Buruli ulcers, an appellation given by Dodge and Lunn who described the first large epidemic, located in Buruli County (now called Nakasongola), Uganda.1 Today, M ulcerans infections are recognized to present a spectrum of clinical disease: nodules, plaques, severe edemas and massive ulcers in the skin, and osteomyelitis. Buruli ulcer, after tuberculosis and leprosy, is the third most common and perhaps least understood major mycobacterial infection. In contrast to tuberculosis and leprosy, Buruli ulcer is closely related to environmental factors.2