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Descriptor English: Mycobacterium ulcerans
Descriptor Spanish: Mycobacterium ulcerans
Descriptor Mycobacterium ulcerans
Entry term(s) Mycobacterium buruli
Scope note: Micobacteria de crecimiento lento que infecta la piel y el tejido subcutáneo y da lugar a la indolente ÚLCERA DE BURULI.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mycobacterium ulcerans
Descriptor French: Mycobacterium ulcerans
Entry term(s): Mycobacterium buruli
Tree number(s): B03.510.024.962.500.720.700
B03.510.460.400.410.552.552.720.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019911
Scope note: A slow-growing mycobacterium that infects the skin and subcutaneous tissues, giving rise to indolent BURULI ULCER.
Annotation: infection = probably BURULI ULCER; otherwise coordinate IM with MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS (IM); DF: MYCOBACT ULCERANS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Mycobacterium (1966-1990)
Mycobacterium, Atypical (1977-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98
Entry Version: MYCOBACT ULCERANS
DeCS ID: 33292
Unique ID: D019911
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2011/07/01
Mycobacterium ulcerans - Preferred
Concept UI M0029586
Scope note A slow-growing mycobacterium that infects the skin and subcutaneous tissues, giving rise to indolent BURULI ULCER.
Preferred term Mycobacterium ulcerans
Entry term(s) Mycobacterium buruli



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