TY - JOUR AU - Faber, William AU - de Jong, Bouke AU - de Vries, Henry J.C. AU - Zeegelaar, Jim AU - Portaels, Françoise T1 - Buruli Ulcer in Traveler from Suriname, South America, to the Netherlands T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 3 SP - 497 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report Buruli ulcer in a man in the Netherlands. Phenotyping of samples indicate the Buruli pathogen was acquired in Suriname and activated by trauma on return to the Netherlands. Awareness of this disease by clinicians in non–Buruli ulcer–endemic areas is critical for identification. KW - Buruli ulcer KW - Suriname KW - latent infection KW - the Netherlands KW - Mycobacterium ulcerans KW - bacteria KW - antibiotics KW - antimicrobial drugs KW - South America KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria DO - 10.3201/eid2103.141237 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/3/14-1237_article ER - End of Reference