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Laboratory Confirmation of Buruli Ulcer Disease in Togo, 2007-2010 [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Since the early 1990s more than 1,800 patients with lesions suspicious for Buruli ulcer disease (BUD) have been reported from Togo. However, less than five percent of these were laboratory confirmed.
Fleischmann, Erna +41 more
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Senegal, a new potential endemic country for Buruli ulcer?
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causal agent of Buruli ulcer, a neglected tropical disease with cutaneous tropism. We report a case of Buruli ulcer in a patient who travelled in Senegal, a country not identified by the World Health Organization as being ...
Lucie Dupechez +6 more
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Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2000 Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans) is an emerging disease. The mode of transmission is still unknown. Mycobacterium ulcerans has been detected (by polymerase chain reaction) in water and water insects. Extensive surgery is still the main treatment. Recognition and excision - of the early nodular stage - is effective.
Mark R.W., Evans +2 more
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BMC Research Notes, 2018 Objective The incidence of Buruli ulcer has been recorded in about 30 countries globally and Africa seems to be the most affected area. The study sought to determine perceived causes and risk factors of Buruli ulcer among patients who visit the Agogo ...
Reindolf Anokye +3 more
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Development of new molecular genetic tools to study "Mycobacterium ulcerans" infection (Buruli ulcer) [PDF]
, 2005 Buruli ulcer is an infectious disease caused by an environmental pathogen, Mycobacterium ulcerans, which is the third major mycobacterial pathogen of man, after M. tuberculosis and M. leprae.
Rondini, Simona
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Histopathologic Features of Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003 Because of the emergence of Buruli ulcer disease, the World Health Organization launched a Global Buruli Ulcer Initiative in 1998. This indolent skin infection is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Jeannette Guarner +12 more
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Does skin surface temperature variation account for Buruli ulcer lesion distribution?
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 BackgroundBuruli ulcer is a necrotising infection of skin and soft tissue caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans (M. ulcerans). Buruli ulcer most often occurs on limbs, and it is hypothesized this is explained by direct exposure to the environment.
Nicola K Sexton-Oates +3 more
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Buruli Ulcer in Traveler from Suriname, South America, to the Netherlands
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 We report Buruli ulcer in a man in the Netherlands. Phenotyping of samples indicate the Buruli pathogen was acquired in Suriname and activated by trauma on return to the Netherlands.
William R. Faber +4 more
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Vaccination with the surface proteins MUL_2232 and MUL_3720 of Mycobacterium ulcerans induces antibodies but fails to provide protection against Buruli ulcer [PDF]
, 2016 Buruli ulcer, caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a chronic ulcerative neglected tropical disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue that is most prevalent in West African countries. M.
Miriam Bolz +35 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 Al editor: La úlcera de Buruli (UB), una enfermedad tropical desatendida causada por Mycobacterium ulcerans, se caracteriza por la necrosis del tejido subcutáneo, lo que lleva a úlceras crónicas, indoloras y progresivas. Sin el tratamiento adecuado, la BU provoca una discapacidad grave y permanente en más de una cuarta parte de los pacientes.
Okechukwu Chukwuekezie +7 more
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