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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 15, Issue 4, Pages 598-600Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid1504.081457
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An unusual skin and soft tissue infection of the lower limbs has been observed in immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa who cross the Atlantic Ocean crowded on small fishing boats (pateras). Response to conventional treatment is usually poor. Extreme extrinsic factors (including new pathogens) may contribute to the etiology of the infection and its pathogenesis.
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