TY - JOUR AU - McGann, Hugh AU - Stragier, Pieter AU - Portaels, Françoise AU - Gascoyne-Binzi, Deborah AU - Collyns, Timothy AU - Lucas, Sebastian AU - Mawer, Damian T1 - Buruli Ulcer in United Kingdom Tourist Returning from Latin America T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 11 SP - 1827 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report a case of Buruli ulcer in a tourist from the United Kingdom. The disease was almost certainly acquired in Brazil, where only 1 case had previously been reported. The delay in diagnosis highlights the need for physicians to be aware of the disease and its epidemiology. KW - Buruli ulcer KW - Mycobacterium ulcerans KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - bacteria KW - Latin America KW - Brazil KW - United Kingdom KW - travel KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1511.090460 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/11/09-0460_article ER - End of Reference