Diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) at a treatment centre in Ghana: A retrospective analysis of laboratory results of clinically diagnosed cases

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-198

  Mensah Quainoo, Ernestina ^a   Yeboah Manu, Dorothy ^b   Asebi, Caroline ^a   Patafuor, Francis ^a   Ofori Adjei, David ^b   Junghanss, Thomas ^c   Pluschke, Gerd ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Buruli ulcer; Clinical diagnosis; Mycobacterium ulcerans

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE TREATMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; MONITORING;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BURULI ULCER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

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

BACILLI (CLASS); MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 39849092558     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01990.x     Document Type: Article

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