A 4-year-old child in rural Togo presents with a painless, necrotic ulcer on his right forearm that has been enlarging over 3 weeks. His mother states...

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A 4-year-old child in rural Togo presents with a painless, necrotic ulcer on his right forearm that has been enlarging over 3 weeks. His mother states the lesion started as a painless papule. What toxin is produced by the causative organism of Buruli ulcer?

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Mycolactone

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Diphtheria toxin

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Shiga toxin

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Cholera toxin

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Tetanus toxin

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Mycolactone Toxin

A 4-year-old child in rural Togo presents with a painless, necrotic ulcer on his right forearm that has been enlarging over 3 weeks. His mother states the lesion started as a painless papule. What toxin is produced by the causative organism of Buruli ulcer?