A stepwise approach to the laboratory diagnosis of Buruli ulcer disease

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-96

  Bretzel, G ^a,b   Siegmund, V ^a,b   Nitschke, J ^a,b   Herbinger, K H ^a   Thompson, W ^c   Klutse, E ^d   Crofts, K ^e   Massavon, W ^f   Etuaful, S ^g   Thompson, R ^h   Asamoah Opare, K ^h   Racz, P ^b   Vloten, F ^b   Van Berberich, C ^h   Kruppa, T ^h   Ampadu, E ⁱ   Fleischer, B ^b   Adjei, O ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Agogo Presbyterian Hospital   (Ghana)

^d Dunkwa Governmental Hospital   (Ghana)

^e Humanitarian Aid Relief Team (HART)   (United States)

^f Goaso Hospital   (Ghana)

^g St Martin's Catholic Hospital   (Ghana)

^h KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

ⁱ National Buruli Ulcer Control Programme   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Buruli ulcer; Ghana; Laboratory diagnosis; PCR; Reduction of costs

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DETECTION METHOD; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BURULI ULCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; GHANA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SKIN ULCER;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33845751490     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01761.x     Document Type: Article

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