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  • Title: [Outbreak of tropical phagedenic ulcers after the rainy season in Dijibouti].
    Author: Kerleguer A, Koeck JL, Girard-Pipau F, Nicand E.
    Journal: Med Trop (Mars); 2003; 63(2):194-6. PubMed ID: 12910663.
    Abstract:
    The incidence of cutaneous ulcers was observed after the rainy season in Djibouti in 1997. Based on the study of epidemiologic, clinical, biological, and therapeutic features these lesion were classified as phagedenic ulcers. While direct examination showed numerous fusiform bacilli, cultures performed in one patient, led to isolation of numerous colonies of Prevotella loescheii. Though less common, two other anaerobic bacterial species were detected, i.e., Peptostreptococcus anaerobius and Peptostreptococcus sp.
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