The diagnosis : A 31-year-old diamond miner with chronic and relapsing skin ulcers The diagnosis : A 31-year-old diamond miner with chronic and relapsing skin ulcers

Natalie Beylis, Mycobacteriology Referral Laboratory, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg. Stephen Glassman, Department of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Hendrik Koornhof, National TB Reference Centre, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg. Wayne M Meyers, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC, USA. Francoise Portaels, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium. Lucille Blumberg, Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg. A 31-year-old diamond miner with chronic and relapsing skin ulcers. What is the diagnosis?

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