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- Ulcère de Buruli : prise en charge de l' infection à Mycobacterium ulcerans (2001)
- Traitement de l’infection à mycobacterium ulcerans (ulcère de Buruli) (2012)
- Ulcère de buruli : diagnostic de l' infection à mycobacterium ulcerans (2001)
- Recognizing neglected tropical diseases through changes on the skin: a training guide for front-line health workers (2018)
- Laboratory diagnosis of Buruli ulcer (2014)
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- Buruli Ulcer Disease: Mycobacterium Ulcerans Infection (2009)
- Report of the fifth annual meeting of the network of Buruli ulcer PCR laboratories in the WHO African Region, Accra, Ghana, 23-25 October 2023 (2024)
- Rapid Extraction Method of Mycobacterium ulcerans DNA from Clinical Samples of Suspected Buruli Ulcer Patients (2019)
- A combined effort of 11 laboratories in the WHO African region to improve quality of Buruli ulcer PCR diagnosis: The “BU-LABNET” (2024)
- Buruli ulcer disease: rethinking diagnostic technique (2024)
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A review of prospects for existing antibiotics ad new therapeutics
Buruli ulcer is a chronic, progressive skin disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans. It is currently considered to be one of the neglected tropical diseases; less common than tuberculosis but more common than leprosy. The initial lesion is a painless subcutaneous nodule, usually less...
Guidance for health workers
recommandations à l’intention des agents de santé
Buruli ulcer [comic]
recommended
Buruli ulcer mostly affects children. This comic is aimed at giving them a better knowledge of the disease.
L'ulcère de Buruli [bande dessinée]
recommended
L'ulcère de Buruli touche surtout les enfants. Cette bande dessinée vise à leur donner une meilleure connaissance de la maladie.
This video "Buruli Ulcer Disease: Buruli Plaque" is part of a multimedia-based module by Richard Phillips, Stephen Sarfo, Emmanuel Adu, Veronica Owusu-Afriyie, and Cary Engleberg (University of Michigan). This video addresses the question of: What is the usual presentation and course of Buruli ulcer...
This video "Buruli Ulcer Disease: Intro to the Module" is part of a multimedia-based module by Richard Phillips, Stephen Sarfo, Emmanuel Adu, Veronica Owusu-Afriyie, and Cary Engleberg (University of Michigan). The Buruli ulcer disease is due to infection by Mycobacterium ulcerans. This programme de...
A guide for field health workers
This video "Buruli Ulcer Disease: Cleaning and Dressing the Ulcer" is part of a multimedia-based module by Richard Phillips, Stephen Sarfo, Emmanuel Adu, Veronica Owusu-Afriyie, and Cary Engleberg (University of Michigan). This video addresses the question: How should Buruli ulcers be cleansed and d...
This video "Buruli Ulcer Disease: Buruli Odema" is part of a multimedia-based module by Richard Phillips, Stephen Sarfo, Emmanuel Adu, Veronica Owusu-Afriyie, and Cary Engleberg (University of Michigan). This video addresses the question of: What is the usual presentation and course of Buruli ulcer ...
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Les objectifs de ce document sont de contribuer à ce que l’ulcère de Buruli (infection à Mycobacterium ulcerans) soit mieux reconnu et d’inciter à intensifier les efforts pour détecter les cas à un stade précoce de l’infection. Aujourd’hui, les malades peuvent...
Dermatologic Clinics Volume 29, Issue 1p1-8January 2011
This is a series of videos about Buruli ulcer disease from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. These videos were created Richard Phillips, Stephen Sarfo, Emmanuel Adu, Veronica Owusu-Afriyie, and Cary Engleberg (University of Michigan). The complete learning module is available throu...
The guide contains valuable tools for wound care and the rehabilitation of people affected by Buruli ulcer. It is also helpful for peripheral health centres in areas where Buruli ulcer is endemic and to people and their families affected by the disease
Prévention des incapacités dans l'ulcère de Buruli : rééducation de base : guide pratique de terrain
Disability Prevention. Informational manual for
Prevention of disability in Buruli ulcer through health education and self-care training
