Preface...
Table of Contents...
Contributing Authors...
Part I Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease and Host Pathogen Interaction
1. Overview: Mycobacterium ulcerans Disease (Buruli ulcer)
Katharina Röltgen and Gerd Pluschke
2. Immunohistochemistry: A Method to Analyze M.ulcerans Infected Skin Tissue
Marie-Thérèse Ruf
3. Primary Isolation of Mycobacterium ulcerans
Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Adwoa Asante-Poku, and Samuel Yaw Aboagye
4. Investigation of Mycobacterium ulcerans Glycan Interactions Using Glycan Array and Surface Plasmon Resonance
Christopher J. Day, Jessica Poole, Gerd Pluschke, and Michael P. Jennings
5. Purification and Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles from Mycobacterium ulcerans Culture
Mélanie Foulon, Estelle Marion, and Laurent Marsollier
6. DNA Extraction from Clinical Specimens for the Direct Detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans by Real-Time PCR
Caroline J. Lavender and Janet A.M. Fyfe
7. Extraction of DNA from Environmental Samples for the Real-Time PCR Detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans
Janet A.M. Fyfe and Caroline J. Lavender
8. Detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA using Real-Time PCR
Janet A.M. Fyfe and Caroline J. Lavender
9. Determining Viability of M. ulcerans by 16S rRNA RT Reverse Transcriptase Real-Time PCR
Marcus Beissner, Richard Odame Phillips, and Gisela Bretzel
10. Methods and Approaches for Buruli ulcer Surveillance in Africa: Lessons Learnt and Future Directions
Joseph W. S. Timothy, Rachel L. Pullan, and Rie R. Yotsu
Part II Purification and Quantification of Myolactone
11. Overview: Mycolactone, The Macrolide Toxin of Mycobacterium ulcerans
Katharina Röltgen and Gerd Pluschke
12. Conditions for Handling and Optimal Storage of Mycolactone
Jessica Z. Kubicek-Sutherland, Basil I. Swanson, and Harshini Mukundan
13. Mycolactone Purification from M. ulcerans Cultures and HPLC-Based Approaches for Mycolactone Quantification in Biological Samples
Aline Rifflet, Caroline Demangel, and Laure Guenin-Macé
14. Detection of Mycolactone by Thin Layer Chromatography
Richard Kwamla Amewu and Thomas Spangenberg
15. Competitive ELISA for the Detection and Quantification of Mycobacterium ulcerans Mycolactone
Louisa Warryn
16. Biochemical and Biological Assays of Mycolactone-Mediated Inhibition of Sec61
Sarah O'Keefe, Stephen High, and Caroline Demangel
Part III Drug Development against Mycobacterium ulcerans
17. Overview: Development of Drugs against Mycobacterium ulcerans
Gerd Pluschke and Katharina Röltgen
18. In Vitro Assessment of Drug Activity against Mycobacterium ulcerans
Oliver D. Komm, Deepak V. Almeida, Paul J. Converse, and Eric L. Nuermberger
19. Drug Efficacy Testing in the Mouse Footpad Model of Buruli ulcer
Paul J. Converse, Deepak V. Almeida, and Eric L. Nuermberger
20. Turbidity-Based MIC Assay and Characterization of Spontaneous Drug Resistant Mutants in Mycobacterium ulcerans
Sangeeta Susan Thomas, Nitin Pal Kalia, and Kevin Pethe
21. Determination of Bioenergetic Parameters in Mycobacterium ulcerans
Sangeeta Susan Thomas and Kevin Pethe
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