Buruli Ulcer in South Western Nigeria: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Patients Treated in Benin

Nigeria is known to be endemic to Buruli ulcer, but epidemiological data are remarkably rare. Here, we present a large cohort of 127 PCR-confirmed M. ulcerans infection patients coming from Nigeria and treated in a neighbouring country, Benin. Severe lesions and delay of consultation are factors tha...

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Autores principales: Marion, Estelle, Carolan, Kevin, Adeye, Ambroise, Kempf, Marie, Chauty, Annick, Marsollier, Laurent
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4287556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25569775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003443
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author Marion, Estelle
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Adeye, Ambroise
Kempf, Marie
Chauty, Annick
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description Nigeria is known to be endemic to Buruli ulcer, but epidemiological data are remarkably rare. Here, we present a large cohort of 127 PCR-confirmed M. ulcerans infection patients coming from Nigeria and treated in a neighbouring country, Benin. Severe lesions and delay of consultation are factors that should encourage establishment of a treatment centre in South Western Nigeria.
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spelling pubmed-42875562015-01-12 Buruli Ulcer in South Western Nigeria: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Patients Treated in Benin Marion, Estelle Carolan, Kevin Adeye, Ambroise Kempf, Marie Chauty, Annick Marsollier, Laurent PLoS Negl Trop Dis Research Article Nigeria is known to be endemic to Buruli ulcer, but epidemiological data are remarkably rare. Here, we present a large cohort of 127 PCR-confirmed M. ulcerans infection patients coming from Nigeria and treated in a neighbouring country, Benin. Severe lesions and delay of consultation are factors that should encourage establishment of a treatment centre in South Western Nigeria. Public Library of Science 2015-01-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4287556/ /pubmed/25569775 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003443 Text en © 2015 Marion et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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 author and source are properly credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4287556/
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