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A Review on Pressure Ulcer: Aetiology, Cost, Detection and Prevention Systems [PDF]

, 2014
Pressure ulcer (also known as pressure sore, bedsore, ischemia, decubitus ulcer) is a global challenge for today’s healthcare society. Found in several locations in the human body such as the sacrum, heel, back of the head, shoulder, knee caps, it occurs
Cole, Jonathan, Dubey, Venketesh N., Mishu, Mahbub C., Hickish, Tamas F.   +3 more
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The Voice of people living with mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) disease: a grounded theory to understand the illness experience and support needs of people living with mycobacterium ulcerans disease in a rural district of central Ghana. [PDF]

Mycobacterium Ulcerans (also known as Buruli Ulcer) is a rare skin disease which is prevalent in rural communities in the developing world mostly in Africa.
Effah, Alex
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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.
Richard O. Phillips, Duah, Mabel Sarpong, Debrah, Alexander, Gisela Bretzel, Marc Jacobsen, Sarfo, Fred S., Birte Kretschmer, Ohene Adjei, Bernhard Fleischer, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Mabel Sarpong Duah, Phillips, Richard O., Justice Abotsi, Abotsi, Justice, Kabiru M. Abass, Bretzel, Gisela, Adjei, Ohene, Fleischer, Bernhard, Michael Frimpong, Alexander Debrah, Abass, Kabiru M., Jacobsen, Marc, Marcus Beissner, Ampem-Amoako, Yaw, Yaw Ampem-Amoako, Frimpong, Michael, William Thompson, Thompson, William, Wansbrough-Jones, Mark, Kretschmer, Birte, Beissner, Marcus, Fred S. Sarfo, Abass, KM, Frimpong, M, Debrah, A, Abotsi, J, Kretschmer, B, Sarfo, FS, Jacobsen, M, Ampem-Amoako, Y, Beissner, M, Adjei, O, Duah, MS, Phillips, RO, Bretzel, G, Wansbrough-Jones, M, Fleischer, B, Thompson, W   +47 more
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Inter-rater reliability of the EPUAP pressure ulcer classification system using photographs [PDF]

, 2004
Background. Many classification systems for grading pressure ulcers are discussed in the literature. Correct identification and classification of a pressure ulcer is important for accurate reporting of the magnitude of the problem, and for timely ...
Tom Defloor, Lisette Schoonhoven, Schoonhoven, L., SCHOONHOVEN, L, Defloor, Tom, Schoonhoven, Lisette, Defloor, T.   +6 more
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Suppression of Helicobacter pylori reduces gastrin releasing peptide stimulated gastrin release in duodenal ulcer patients. [PDF]

, 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, Levi, S, Calam, J, Beardshall, K, Moss, S, Gill, J, Playford, RJ   +6 more
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Pressure ulcer related pain in community populations: a prevalence survey. [PDF]

, 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, Coleman, S, McGinnis, E, Wilson, L, Briggs, Michelle, Michelle Collinson, Nelson, EA, Susanne Coleman, Briggs, M; id_orcid, Collinson, Michelle, Stevenson, Rebecca, Dealey, C, Stubbs, N, E Andrea Nelson, Jane Nixon, Dealey, Carol, Michelle Briggs, Briggs, M, Nixon, J, Stevenson, R, Lyn Wilson, Nikki Stubbs, Brown, Julia, Nelson, E Andrea; id_orcid, Collinson, M, Coleman, Susanne, Elizabeth McGinnis, Nixon, Jane, Rebecca Stevenson, Wilson, Lyn, Julia Brown, Stubbs, Nikki, Carol Dealey, Brown, J   +33 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, Kwakye-Maclean, Cynthia, Weiss, Mitchell G, Gyapong, Margaret, Pappoe, Matilda, Ackumey, Mercy M, Weiss, Mitchell, Ackumey, Mercy M.   +21 more
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Combined Inflammatory and Metabolic Defects Reflected by Reduced Serum Protein Levels in Patients with Buruli Ulcer Disease [PDF]

, 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), Landier Jordi, Niang, Fatoumata, Sarfo, FS, Sarfo, Fred S, Richard O. Phillips (347896), Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Phillips, Richard O., Forson Mark, Fatoumata Niang (316230), Caroline Demangel (239243), Forson, M, Arnaud Fontanet (157942), Fatoumata Niang, Mark Forson, Niang, F, Oldenburg Reid, Richard O Phillips, Fred S. Sarfo (347891), Jordi Landier (197677), Sarfo Fred S., Fred S Sarfo, Demangel, Caroline, Landier, Jordi, William Thompson, Niang Fatoumata, Demangel, C, Wansbrough-Jones, Mark, Kabiru Abass (550234), Arnaud Fontanet, Wansbrough-Jones Mark, Frimpong, M, Oldenburg, Reid, Richard O. Phillips, William Thompson (241605), Phillips, Richard O, Phillips Richard O., Thompson William, Mark Forson (550235), Sarfo, Fred S., Forson, Mark, Michael Frimpong (550233), Landier, J, Oldenburg, R, Caroline Demangel, Fontanet, A, Frimpong Michael, Abass Kabiru, Fontanet Arnaud, Abass, K, Michael Frimpong, Abass, Kabiru, Frimpong, Michael, Phillips, RO, Wansbrough-Jones, M, Fontanet, Arnaud, Demangel Caroline, Reid Oldenburg, Thompson, William, Mark Wansbrough-Jones (347902), Thompson, W, Kabiru Abass, Jordi Landier, Fred S. Sarfo   +63 more
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Ulcerative Sarcoidosis: An Atypical Cause of Leg Ulcers.

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message We present the case of an 83‐year‐old woman with leg ulcers who was diagnosed with sarcoidosis. This case highlights the importance for clinicians to consider ulcerative sarcoidosis when encountering patients with leg ulcers along with hilar adenopathy, uveitis, elevated serum angiotensin‐converting enzyme, and ...
Kazuki Miyaue, Tetsuya Hoshi, Hiroki Isono   +2 more
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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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