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Assessing and managing wounds of Buruli ulcer patients at the primary and secondary health care levels in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Beyond Mycobacterium ulcerans—specific therapy, sound general wound management is required for successful management of Buruli ulcer (BU) patients which places them among the large and diverse group of patients in poor countries with a broken skin barrier. METHODS: Clinically BU suspicio...
Autores principales: | Addison, Naa Okaikor, Pfau, Stefanie, Koka, Eric, Aboagye, Samuel Yaw, Kpeli, Grace, Pluschke, Gerd, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Junghanss, Thomas |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5345880/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28245242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005331 |
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