L'ulcere de Buruli est l'infection a mycobacterie la plus frequemment observee en Afrique intertropicale. C'est une maladie d'exportation devenue plus frequente.Observation. - Un enfant de neuf ans d'origine ivoirienne a ete hospitalise pour un ulcere de Buruli.Conclusion. - La chirurgie est le seul traitement reellement efficace. L'excision-greffe doit etre large et emporter toutes les lesions, y compris celles qui sont fermees.
Case report. - A nine-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast was admitted to hospital because of extremely serious Buruli ulcers.Conclusion. - Surgery is the only treatment available. Moreover, the surgical excision has to be wide; both open and closed wounds have to be removed to give significant improvements.