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Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients, Ghana. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +47 more
core   +1 more source

Combined Inflammatory and Metabolic Defects Reflected by Reduced Serum Protein Levels in Patients with Buruli Ulcer Disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Buruli ulcer is a skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans that is spreading in tropical countries, with major public health and economic implications in West Africa.
Reid Oldenburg (550232)   +63 more
core   +1 more source

Illness meanings and experiences for pre-ulcer and ulcer conditions of Buruli ulcer in the Ga-West and Ga-South municipalities of Ghana [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +14 more
core   +2 more sources

Mycolactone Diffuses into the Peripheral Blood of Buruli Ulcer Patients - Implications for Diagnosis and Disease Monitoring. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer (BU), is unique among human pathogens in its capacity to produce a polyketide-derived macrolide called mycolactone, making this molecule an attractive candidate target for diagnosis ...
Le Chevalier, Fabien   +53 more
core   +2 more sources

Pressure ulcer related pain in community populations: a prevalence survey. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BACKGROUND: Pressure ulcers are costly to the healthcare provider and can have a major impact on patient's quality of life. One of the most distressing symptoms reported is pain.
McGinnis, Elizabeth   +33 more
core   +2 more sources

Suppression of Helicobacter pylori reduces gastrin releasing peptide stimulated gastrin release in duodenal ulcer patients. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
Helicobacter pylori increases gastrin release in duodenal ulcer patients. This may be through disruption or changes in the mucus layer affecting the access of luminal stimulants to gastrin releasing cells.
Ghosh, P   +6 more
core   +4 more sources

Surgical management and immunohistochemical study of corneal plaques in vernal keratoconjunctivitis

open access: yesJournal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2013
Two children with shield ulcer in vernal keratoconjunctivitis unresponsive to steroid therapy received plaque removal by superficial keratectomy, followed by amniotic membrane transplantation (AMT).
Hsiu-Yi Lin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Peptic Ulcer: Rise and fall [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Consists of the edited transcripts of Witness Seminars organized by the History of Twentieth Century Medicine Group and held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine,London, on 12 May 2000.
Christie, DA, Tansey, EM
core   +4 more sources

The effect of endogenous cortisol on the course of H.pylori-associated gastroduodenal diseases in adolescents

open access: yesZdorovʹe Rebenka, 2022
Background. The clinical picture and course of Н.pylori-dependent gastroduodenal diseases in adolescents have some characteristics, which complicate the diagnosis and treatment.
T.V. Sorokman, M.G. Gingulyak
doaj   +1 more source

Laboratory Confirmation of Buruli Ulcer Disease in Togo, 2007-2010 [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +2 more sources

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