Buruli ulcer in a nine-month-old boy

The diagnosis of Buruli ulcer should be considered in all painless undermined ulcers in the tropics. The diagnosis and treatment are a challenge in rural settings despite the well established tuberculosis programmes. Immediate commencement on rifampicin and streptomycin is essential to halt the prog...

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Autores principales: Tsukagoshi, S, Dehn, TCB
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Surgeons 2012
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Online Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3954272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23031753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588412X13373405385692
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description The diagnosis of Buruli ulcer should be considered in all painless undermined ulcers in the tropics. The diagnosis and treatment are a challenge in rural settings despite the well established tuberculosis programmes. Immediate commencement on rifampicin and streptomycin is essential to halt the progression of disease and to, hopefully, reverse it. Surgery is indicated in those with complex ulcers or with complications. We report the case of a nine-month-old boy presenting to visiting British surgeons in a district hospital in Uganda with multiple ulcers to the right forearm.
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spelling pubmed-39542722014-03-20 Buruli ulcer in a nine-month-old boy Tsukagoshi, S Dehn, TCB Ann R Coll Surg Engl Online Case Report The diagnosis of Buruli ulcer should be considered in all painless undermined ulcers in the tropics. The diagnosis and treatment are a challenge in rural settings despite the well established tuberculosis programmes. Immediate commencement on rifampicin and streptomycin is essential to halt the progression of disease and to, hopefully, reverse it. Surgery is indicated in those with complex ulcers or with complications. We report the case of a nine-month-old boy presenting to visiting British surgeons in a district hospital in Uganda with multiple ulcers to the right forearm. Royal College of Surgeons 2012-10 2012-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3954272/ /pubmed/23031753 http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588412X13373405385692 Text en Copyright © 2013 Royal College of Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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