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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, Adolf Diefenhardt, Piten, Ebekalisai, Nitschke, Joerg, Kobara Basil, Diefenhardt Adolf, Helfrich, Kerstin, Herbinger, Karl-Heinz, Kerstin Helfrich, Beissner Marcus, Gisela Bretzel, Wiedemann, Franz Xaver, Kere, Abiba Banla, Basil Kobara, Ebekalisai Piten, Diefenhardt, Adolf, Erna Fleischmann, Abiba Banla Kere, Karl-Heinz Herbinger, Thomas Löscher, Nitschke Jörg, Loescher, Thomas, Franz Xaver Wiedemann, Huber Kristina Lydia, Kobara, Basil, Bretzel, Gisela, Banla Kere Abiba, Herbinger Karl-Heinz, Kristina Lydia Huber, Wiedemann Franz Xaver, Marcus Beissner, Bretzel Gisela, Amekuse Komi, Löscher Thomas, Huber, Kristina Lydia, Piten Ebekalisai, Helfrich Kerstin, Beissner, Marcus, Amekuse, Komi, Komi Amekuse, Jörg Nitschke, Fleischmann Erna   +41 more
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Experimental infection of the pig with Mycobacterium ulcerans: a novel model for studying the pathogenesis of Buruli ulcer disease. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND Buruli ulcer (BU) is a slowly progressing, necrotising disease of the skin caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans. Non-ulcerative manifestations are nodules, plaques and oedema, which may progress to ulceration of large parts of ...
Miriam Bolz, Bolz, Miriam, Gerd Pluschke, Gert Zimmer, Meret E Ricklin, Marie-Thérèse Ruf, Ruf, Marie-Thérèse, Ricklin, Meret E, Ruggli, Nicolas, Zimmer, Gert, Ricklin, Meret E., Nicolas Ruggli, Pluschke, Gerd   +12 more
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Acute Vulvar Ulcer (Lipschutz Ulcer) in a Sexually Inactive 11-Yearold Girl

The Ewha Medical Journal, 2021
Non-sexually acquired genital ulceration, also known as Lipschutz ulcer, is a rare condition that typically occurs in prepubertal and pubertal girls. It can be misdiagnosed as a sexually transmitted disease or even a sign of child abuse, causing great ...
Kyoung Won Cho, Shin Hye Kim, Ji Hyen Lee   +2 more
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Clinical periodontal diagnosis

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi, Andrea Roccuzzo, Jean‐Claude Imber, Alexandra Stähli, Björn Klinge, Niklaus P. Lang   +5 more
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Illness meanings and experiences for pre-ulcer and ulcer conditions of Buruli ulcer in the Ga-West and Ga-South municipalities of Ghana [PDF]

, 2012
: BACKGROUND: Ghana is a Buruli ulcer (BU) endemic country yet there is paucity of socio-cultural research on BU. Examining distinctive experiences and meanings for pre-ulcers and ulcers of BU may clarify the disease burden, illness experience and local ...
Kwakye-Maclean Cynthia, Matilda Pappoe, Gyapong, M., Ackumey, M. M., Gyapong Margaret, Ackumey Mercy M, Weiss, M. G., Cynthia Kwakye-Maclean, Pappoe, M., Mitchell G Weiss, Pappoe Matilda, Kwakye-Maclean, C., Margaret Gyapong, Weiss Mitchell G, Mercy M Ackumey   +14 more
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Behçet’s disease as a differential diagnosis of acute genital ulcer: a case report

Revista da Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia, 2023
Acute genital ulcers (AGU) have numerous etiologies and are a frequent complaint in the emergency room. Its diagnosis is mostly clinical and initially approached in a syndromic manner. It is based on history, physical examination, and laboratory findings.
Giulia Marchetti, Iramaia Cardoso-Vasquez, Adriana B. Campaner   +2 more
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Computed tomography enterography increases the ability of endoscopy to differentiate Crohn's disease from intestinal Behçet's disease

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
BackgroundDistinguishing Crohn's disease (CD) and intestinal Behçet's disease (BD) is difficult in clinical practice.AimTo evaluate the ability of CT enterography (CTE) to enhance the diagnostic value of endoscopy in differentiating CD from intestinal BD
Hong Yang, Huimin Zhang, Wei Liu, Wei Han, Tao Guo, Yamin Lai, Bei Tan, Congling Wang, Minhu Chen, Xiang Gao, Zhihua Ran, Zhanju Liu, Kaichun Wu, Qian Cao, Jiaming Qian   +14 more
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Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients, Ghana. [PDF]

, 2014
During August 2010-December 2012, we conducted a study of patients in Ghana who had Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, and found that 23% were co-infected with Mansonella perstans nematodes; 13% of controls also had M. perstans infection. M.
Abass, KM, Frimpong, M, Richard O. Phillips, Debrah, A, Duah, Mabel Sarpong, Abotsi, J, Debrah, Alexander, Kretschmer, B, Sarfo, FS, Gisela Bretzel, Marc Jacobsen, Sarfo, Fred S., Birte Kretschmer, Ohene Adjei, Bernhard Fleischer, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Mabel Sarpong Duah, Phillips, Richard O., Jacobsen, M, Justice Abotsi, Abotsi, Justice, Kabiru M. Abass, Bretzel, Gisela, Ampem-Amoako, Y, Adjei, Ohene, Beissner, M, Fleischer, Bernhard, Michael Frimpong, Adjei, O, Alexander Debrah, Abass, Kabiru M., Jacobsen, Marc, Marcus Beissner, Ampem-Amoako, Yaw, Duah, MS, Yaw Ampem-Amoako, Frimpong, Michael, Phillips, RO, Bretzel, G, Wansbrough-Jones, M, Fleischer, B, William Thompson, Thompson, William, Wansbrough-Jones, Mark, Kretschmer, Birte, Thompson, W, Beissner, Marcus, Fred S. Sarfo   +47 more
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Case Report: Concomitant presence of two STIs in a male patient [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

F1000Research
Background The spirochaete Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum, which causes the infectious disease syphilis, can be spread through sexual contact or perinatal transmission.
Bhushan Madke, Yash Kashikar, Kaveri Rusia   +2 more
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Overcoming Transmission Barriers: A Dual‐Functional Adhesive Hydrogel for Direct Monkeypox Virus Neutralization and Wound Healing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
MPXV infection leads to persistent viral replication and severe local inflammation, while existing treatments cannot simultaneously remove viruses and repair injured tissue. This study constructs Polymer@mPDA@Gel hydrogel via a two‐step hierarchical assembly method: mPDA anchors photothermal polymers to form antiviral photothermal subunits, which are ...
Ming Zhang, Jiaxin Tian, Xiaolong Zhu, Xiao Li, Xiangshu Qiu, Yuanyuan Li, Ben Zhong Tang, Ning Shi   +7 more
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