Barcoding Identifies Biclonal Mycobacterium ulcerans Buruli Ulcer, Côte d'Ivoire.

Mycobacterium ulcerans, an environmental opportunistic pathogen, causes necrotic cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions, named Buruli ulcers, in tropical countries. PCR-derived tests used to detect M. ulcerans in environmental and clinical samples do not allow one-shot detection, identification, and typing of M.