TY - JOUR AU - Guerra, Humberto AU - Palomino, Juan Carlos AU - Falconí, Eduardo AU - Bravo, Francisco AU - Donaires, Ninoska AU - Van Marck, Eric AU - Portaels, Françoise T1 - Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease, Peru T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 3 SP - 373 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Eight adult patients (ages 18–58, 5 women) with Buruli ulcer (BU) confirmed by at least 2 diagnostic methods were seen in a 10-year period. Attempts to culture Mycobacterium ulcerans failed. Five patients came from jungle areas, and 3 from the swampy northern coast of Peru. The patients had 1–5 lesions, most of which were on the lower extremities. One patient had 5 clustered gluteal lesions; another patient had 2 lesions on a finger. Three patients were lost to follow-up. All 5 remaining patients had moderate disease. Diverse treatments (antituberculous drugs, World Health Organization [WHO] recommended antimicrobial drug treatment for BU, and for 3 patients, excision surgery) were successful. Only 1 patient (patient 7) received the specific drug treatment recommended by WHO. BU is endemic in Peru, although apparently infrequent. Education of populations and training of health workers are first needed to evaluate and understand the full extent of BU in Peru. KW - Mycobacterium ulcerans KW - Buruli ulcer KW - Peru KW - Amazon KW - research DO - 10.3201/eid1403.070904 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/3/07-0904_article ER - End of Reference