THERAPEUTIC APPROACH IN MYCOBACTERIUM-ULC ERANS INFECTION

In Cote d'Ivoire, 88 patients of a series of 124 cases with Buruli ulc er have been able to be treated and supervised. All of them have recei ved local cares and various antibiotics, and 23 have been treated by i slet skin graft. Among the numerous antibiotics used, only Streptomyci n seems to be accompanied by an acceptable failure rate. The islet-gra ft presents the advantage of the technical simplicity, of the good tol erance face the infection and of a good successfull rate, which permit s to shorten the evolution of this disabling affection. It seems to be the best adapted procedure taking into account available medical mean s in most of tropical countries.