A case of guilt by association: Water bug bite incriminated in M. ulcerans infection

Estelle Marion; Annick Chauty; Edouard Yeramian; Jérèmie Babonneau; Marie Kempf; Laurent Marsollier

doi:10.1016/j.ijmyco.2014.01.004

A case of guilt by association: Water bug bite incriminated in M. ulcerans infection

Int J Mycobacteriol. 2014 Jun;3(2):158-61. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2014.01.004. Epub 2014 Feb 20.

Authors

Estelle Marion¹, Annick Chauty², Edouard Yeramian³, Jérèmie Babonneau⁴, Marie Kempf⁵, Laurent Marsollier⁶

Affiliations

¹ Centre de Diagnostic et de Traitement de l'ulcère de Buruli, Fondation Raoul Follereau, Pobè, Benin; ATOMycA, Inserm Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, Université et CHU, Angers, France; LUNAM, Université d'Angers, Angers, France. Electronic address: stel.marion@yahoo.fr.
² Centre de Diagnostic et de Traitement de l'ulcère de Buruli, Fondation Raoul Follereau, Pobè, Benin.
³ Unité de bioinformatique structurale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
⁴ ATOMycA, Inserm Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, Université et CHU, Angers, France; LUNAM, Université d'Angers, Angers, France; Laboratoire de bactériologie et d'hygiène hospitalière, CHU, France.
⁵ Laboratoire de bactériologie et d'hygiène hospitalière, CHU, France.
⁶ ATOMycA, Inserm Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, Université et CHU, Angers, France; LUNAM, Université d'Angers, Angers, France.

PMID: 26786340
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2014.01.004

Abstract

Buruli ulcer is a cutaneous mycobacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, whose incidence is increasing steadily, especially in West Africa. This study reports a first documented case of M. ulcerans infection which can be attributed to a water bug bite at the site of the primary lesion.

Keywords: Buruli ulcer; Insect; Mycobacterium ulcerans; Transmission; Water bugs.